Principal Systems Engineer - Melbourne, FL, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Engineering


Clearance Type:

SAP
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

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 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is currently hiring a Sr.

Principal Systems Engineer , Vehicle Management Systems – Flight Control Actuation Systems to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Melbourne, FL.

A Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer focused on the Flight Control Actuation System (FCAS) designs and develops system architecture and defines key capabilities and performance requirements.

Also defines design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications, developing thorough definition of system external interfaces, defining system implementation approach and operational concept, ensuring requirements are met, and evaluating performance with the customer.

Flight critical system design for aircraft control
Vehicle management software specification and oversight
Lab testing of flight hardware & software
On-aircraft testing
Support to vehicle flight testing
VMS Specification development, requirements definition, functional modeling, and VMS testing
Support subsystems to VMS interfaces including managing requirements, design, testing and presenting updates to internal and external customers
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Bachelor's Degree in a relevant Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 9+ years of relevant experience; Integration test engineering experience
Technical background in the fundamentals of actuation loop closure and hardware/software implementation
Technical background in actuation modeling using MATLAB/Simulink (or similar)
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Current in-scope Secret clearance (or higher)
Technical background in electronics hardware and software certification
Experience with supplier contract closeout (i.e., Technical background in writing the procurement specification for Hydraulic and electrical actuation

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.