Sentinel – Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical – Fvt
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Hill AFB, UT, USA |
| Salary | $95300 – $178000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in STEM; or 3 years with a Master’s degree; or 0 years with a PhD for Principal Engineer Aeronautical
- 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree in STEM; or 6 years with a Master’s Degree; or 4 years with a PhD for Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical
- US Citizenship with an Active Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification
- Experience with system integration and test principles and processes
- Experience supporting the development, plan, and execution of test plans and reporting
- Experience with systems engineering principles including requirement decomposition and allocation of requirements
- Experience with aerodynamics and flight mechanics (experience with ICBMs preferred)
- Experience in environmental testing such as shock and vibrations
Responsibilities
- Develop customer contractual needs and requirements into test solutions that acknowledges technical schedule and cost constraints
- Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules
- Review and evaluate test requirements for completeness of test program
- Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts, Element Test teams, System Test teams, and other stakeholders to identify test objectives, test requirements, and risks that require test to mitigate
- Supporting development of instrumentation requirements for Hardware in the Loop testing
- Identify test support requirements and coordinate with Design & Integration team for budget and personnel needs
- Overseeing test activities in support or requirement verification and validation
- Conduct daily briefing and approve test start for each test event
- Approve Break of Configuration on the test floor
- Conduct tabletop reviews and dry run test procedures with test team prior to execution
- Coordinate and conduct Technical and Safety Review Boards, and Test Readiness Reviews
- Support customer Test Plan Working Groups
- Coordinate with Quality organization for test support
- Review and approve major test amendments
Preferred Qualifications
- US Citizenship with an Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to receive a Special Access Program (SAP) certification
- Understanding of Model Based System Engineering principles, working experience with CAMEO
- Knowledge/experience with AF Test Directive 99-103
- Experience with ICBMs (MM, PK, Small Missile) or DOD programs
- Knowledge/Experience with IBM DOORS database
- Support the generation of test procedures and test readiness reviews (TRRs)
- Strong background of test instrumentation
- Creation of test Concept of Operations (ConOps) flows that maximizes the utility of test resources while meeting schedule and technical requirements and/or constraints
- Generate and support test data decomposition and test reports to other IPTs
- Assist in consolidating and processing of final test data for requirements verification/model validation sign-off
- Strong understanding of entire product lifecycle, modeling and engineering best practices