Northrop Grumman Australia · 4 weeks ago
Principal / Sr. Principal Research and Advanced Design Test Engineer
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$95K/yr - $143K/yr
4+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in aerospace and defense technology, seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Research and Advanced Design Test Engineer to join their Test & Evaluation organization in Melbourne, FL. The role involves developing test plans, overseeing instrumentation setup, and supporting advanced military technologies, including 5G communications and machine learning.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Developing comprehensive test plans
Creating CONOPs (Concept of Operations) documents
Overseeing instrumentation setup and management
Providing support for demonstrations and field exercise tests
Collection of metrics and result analysis
System deployment and configuration
Cloud system configuration and testing
RF system testing
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 3 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 1 year of related professional/military experience
Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable time as determined by the business
Experience with RF Testing (e.g. developing test plans, test execution, lab testing, customer testing, formal qual, etc.)
Must have a Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 6 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 4 years of related professional/military experience
Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable time as determined by the business
Experience with RF Testing (e.g. developing test plans, test execution, lab testing, customer testing, formal qual, etc.)
Preferred
Professional experience with cloud and virtualized environments
Professional experience with MATLAB and Python
Familiarity with cellular networks
Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance
Experience in creating Basis of Estimates (BOEs)
Experience with testing systems across different domains (On-prem, Cloud)
Experience in device management and configuration
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase