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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

Sr. Principal Avionics Responsible Engineer: Cockpit Systems - R10218248

Melbourne, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$119K/yr - $178K/yr

6+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Senior Principal Avionics Responsible Engineer for Cockpit Systems. This role involves developing and executing avionics integration for aircraft cockpit systems, managing supplier relationships, and supporting flight test activities.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide Avionics Integration engineering support for the integration of aircraft cockpit systems and components including Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Management Computers (FMCs), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Control Display Units (CDUs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, and other various avionics systems

Assist in the preparation and support the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents

Provides Critical Skills to teams with internal and external knowledge of the technical industry and how it impacts the company. Serves as an expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration

Provide support for the development of system safety documents

Create aircraft system schematics to support air vehicle wiring diagrams

Requirements development and analysis and supporting trade studies

Manage suppliers, review and analysis of supplier design data, definition of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution

Informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab

Supporting flight test activities and post flight data analysis, and resolution of flight test anomalies

Qualification

Avionics IntegrationFlight Management SystemsMIL-STD-1553ARINC 429Supplier ManagementSystem Modeling ToolsCommunication SkillsLeadership SkillsProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Required

Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering

Active DoD Secret Clearance

Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols

Experience with integration and testing of cockpit electronics and/or flight management systems

Experience with Supplier Management of avionics equipment

Experience with at least one of the flight certification standards listed in the preferred qualifications (PBN, RNAV, RNP, CNS/ATM, DO-178/254/200/160)

Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels