Northrop Grumman Australia · 6 hours ago
Principal / Sr Engineer Systems Test
United States-California-San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$104K/yr - $155K/yr
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking a highly motivated individual to join their Test Integrated Product Team as a Principal or Sr Principal System Test Engineer. The role involves planning and executing test activities to evaluate and certify hardware and software for ground and flight release, while ensuring compliance with company and security requirements.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Drive process rigor, ensure compliance to meet company, program, and security requirements
Drive technical and process rigor for lab configuration
Continually seek to improve lab integration & test engineering rigor and efficiency
Develop and execute System Level 3 Test Procedures to verify system requirements, and validate the System Under Test (SUT)
Interface and present test integration and test execution results to program and test leadership at Pre and Post Test Reviews
Work independently on assigned tasks to meet deadlines on one or more test programs
Flexibility to support weekends, multiple shifts, and off hours on site
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience
Must have an active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance, or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation
Ability to obtain and maintain a Special Program Access clearance
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline with 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in STEM with 7 years of related engineering experience, OR a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
Must have an active Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Clearance, or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation
Ability to obtain and maintain a Special Program Access clearance
Preferred
Extensive experience developing and executing System level test procedures
Understanding of Agile Test methodology
Previous experience with System Level Lab Test Execution, test planning and coordination of events
Previous experience with hot bench and overall lab operations support
Previous experience with ground and flight operations
Previous experience as a flight or ground test conductor
Willingness to travel up to 10% in support of ground and flight test events
Understanding of verification program and metrics maintenance
DoD Top Secret Clearance
Proficiency in Control Account Management (CAM)
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