Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer ( Int'l Locations - R10207821-45
Listed on 2025-12-01
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics, Test Engineer
Location: Leavenworth
Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer (Various Int'l Locations) – R
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Travel:
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Clearance type:
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At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact people worldwide. The company values bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Air Vehicle System Test Engineer – Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to join its Test and Evaluation (T&E) organization.
Training: 6+ months on a domestic assignment to Pax River, MD, and Rancho Bernardo, CA. After training, the candidate will be available to deploy to Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months. Deployment benefits will be communicated once a location is selected.
If no immediate international location is available, the candidate may be relocated to a core U.S. location for the immediate future.
The FSR will be embedded with a U.S. Navy unit as a system subject matter expert, providing training on hardware and software, supporting sailors with operations, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.
Responsibilities- Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance technicians, U.S. Navy service members, and subsystem SMEs to sustain operations.
- Primary interface between maintenance, design, and flight test engineering.
- Vehicle and Payload Test Controller (VTC/PTC) operations during aircraft start-up/shutdown for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshooting.
- Provide inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
- Review and provide inputs during engineering development, and execute Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans.
- Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment in accordance with IETMS and other engineering directives.
- Perform organizational / depot-level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems, subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.
- Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, engineering design and software; perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including operations on a flight line or in a hangar.
- Interpret and trace electrical and air vehicle schematics; perform electrical and RF troubleshooting using instruments such as multimeter, network/spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, and time-domain reflectometer.
- Review and analyze engineering schematics; support functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the air vehicle.
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM).
- A minimum of 8 years of engineering experience with a BS degree, 6 years with a MS degree in STEM field, or 4 years with a PhD in STEM field.
- Willingness and ability to complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA.
- Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months.
- Willingness and ability to relocate to a core U.S. location if necessary.
- Ability to pass a new hire physical if required.
- Must have a DoD Secret clearance or be currently enrolled in CE, with ability to obtain a Top‑Secret/SCI clearance in a reasonable time.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable time.
- Experience with aircraft ground test operations.
- Readiness to travel effectively to support customer needs and demonstrate leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide.
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and effective communication with various levels of leadership.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership.
- Ability to support a new or extended…
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