Principal​/Senior Principal Test Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Systems Test Engineer / Principal Systems Test Engineer
, specialized in hardware/software integration and lab operations to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering, Integration and Test organization. This role is located in Roy, Utah
.

In this role you will be supporting Lab Operations. Duties will consist of assisting with laboratory design, test planning and preparation, scheduling of test events, and assisting in the execution of integration checkout procedures. In this role you will ensure test stations and assets are configured and ready to test by deploying software and configuring hardware on test stations. In addition, you will work closely with MA to maintain and validate test station software and hardware configuration.

Participation in test readiness reviews, acceptance testing and integration events will also be required. The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.

• Contribute to the development of detailed plans, schedules for integration checkout procedures
• Contribute to test development and review in collaboration with other engineering disciplines, systems test and engineering management
• Ability to develop and execute software installation, integration, and acceptance test procedures
• Coordinate test equipment and personnel requirements for safe and efficient execution of tests
• Provide test support and make real-time decisions regarding safety, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Contribute to the configuration management of the lab
• Serve as the focal point between internal and external organizations to develop test data requirements
• Excellent communication skills required, must work well in a team environment, and must work independently to solve a variety of complex problems
• Responsible to ensure engineering tests serve mission objectives and mechanisms are in place to execute the tests. Responsible for testing all customer samples.
• Oversees the operational aspects of engineering tests and serves as liaison to program, engineering and line management.
• Reviews status of test requirements, manages schedules and prepares reports.
• Selects and supervises technicians during test.
• Assesses anomalies and develops resolutions to documented procedures in conjunction with Test and Quality Engineering.
• Knowledgeable in Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 and AS9100), specifically, asset accountability, tool/part inventory, and calibration tracking.
• Knowledgeable in Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability (EHS&S), specifically, OSHA requirements, EPA requirements, and Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) requirements.
• Knowledgeable in component safety when it comes to Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and Foreign Object Debris/Elimination (FOD/FOE).
• Coordinate test equipment and personnel requirements for safe and efficient execution of tests.
• Contribute to the configuration management of labs.

• Principal T03 Level: 5 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics);
  Master's degree with 3 years of experience;
  PhD with 1 year of experience; additional 4 years in lieu of a degree.
• Senior T04 Level: 8 years of experience and a Bachelor's degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics);
  Master's degree with 6 years of experience;
  PhD with 4 years of…