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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Vehicle Management Systems Engineer - Principal / Senior Principal - R10215217

Redondo Beach, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$114K/yr - $171K/yr

3+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, known for its innovative systems that impact lives globally. They are seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Vehicle Management Systems Engineer to design and manage flight critical hardware systems, ensuring integration and functionality of advanced aerospace technologies.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

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

Qualification

Flight critical hardware designHardware/software integrationElectrical interface definitionEngineering modelingSimulationCC++RustPythonReal-time operating systemsCommunication protocolsCommunication skillsTeam leadershipTime management

Required

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

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

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

Extensive experience with hardware/software integration, verification & validation

Extensive experience with engineering modeling and simulation

Preferred

Experience writing device specific ICD parsing software (e.g. Parsing an inertial measurement unit byte stream to receive appropriate acceleration data)

Experience with utilizing lab test equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, multimeter, etc.)

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

Experience developing within a real-time operating system

Experience working with and developing for communication protocols such as, RS-232, RS-485 or MIL-STD-1553

Experience developing within the Linux for ARM environment

Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Ability to lead a team, organize work, manage time, plan, and prioritize