Vehicle Management Systems Engineer - Principal​/Senior Principal - R10215217

Position: Vehicle Management Systems Engineer - Principal / Senior Principal - R10215217
Vehicle Management Systems Engineer - Principal / Senior Principal - R

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Relocation, Clearance, Travel

• RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

• CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

• TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Experience designing flight critical hardware architecture for an air vehicle.

• Define, develop, and manage components, interface definitions, and implementation approaches of flight critical systems such as:
- Flight control computers or vehicle management computers
- Flight control actuation systems (FCAS)
- Air data systems (ADS)
- IMU and GPS for Navigation
- Electrical power systems

• Experience working with hardware in a hands‑on laboratory environment.

• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems.

• Experience developing in one or more of the following languages C, C++, Rust and Python.

• Ability to read and evaluate an electrical schematic.

• Perform component hardware and software integration, and derive software requirements for control of flight‑critical and safety‑critical systems

• Develop and execute component, subsystem, and system level test procedures to verify functionality of the VMS hardware and software.

• Basic understanding of flight dynamics and attitude control (roll, pitch, and yaw) through thrust and control surface (i.e. aileron, ruddervator) actuation.

• Define key subsystem‑level requirements from high level aircraft and program requirements to define avionics hardware architectures according to customer specifications

• Investigate and resolve system anomalies across multiple engineering disciplines

• Perform technical planning, analysis, and hardware trade studies to meet requirements.

• Coordinate and manage suppliers for hardware procurement

Note:

This position can be filled at either a Principal or Senior Principal level.

Basic Qualifications For Principal VMS Engineer Aeronautical

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 5 years of related engineering experience OR a master’s degree (STEM) with 3 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 0 years of experience.

• Must have a current active in‑scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).

• Experience with design, development, and/or integration of the Air Vehicle systems and subsystems listed above.

• Experience with defining electrical and data interfaces (such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, ARINC 429, or analog interfaces).

• Experience with hardware/software integration.

Basic Qualifications For Sr Principal VMS Engineer Aeronautical

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 9 years of related engineering experience OR a master’s degree (STEM) with 7 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) with 4 years.

• Must have a current active in‑scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).

• Priority given to individuals with a degree in computer, software or electrical / electronic engineering.

• Extensive…