Northrop Grumman Australia · 11 hours ago
Principal Data Displays and Controls (DDC) Architect Engineer/Sr. Principal Data Displays and Controls (DDC) Architect Engineer
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$98K/yr - $148K/yr
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, seeking a Principal Data Displays and Controls Architect Engineer. This role involves leading an interdisciplinary team to develop innovative solutions for advanced technical problems, focusing on the integration and performance of aircraft display and processing components.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support development and integration of piloted aircraft display and processing components
Lead and/or support development and integration throughout the product lifecycle of design, development, integration and test, flight test requirements verification, and sustainment
Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Perform MBSE and capturing requirements, interfaces, behaviors, structures and parametrics
Perform flight and mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering 'V'
Ensure performance capabilities of employed architectures and solutions are traded against cost and system requirements and assess operational effectiveness of existing and emerging systems and capabilities in representative operational environments
Performing functional and performance analyses
Run detailed trade studies
Provide design assessments and perform verification checks
Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers including development of supplier statement of work and requirements, review and analyze supplier design data, hardware/software acquisition, test and delivery requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration, and support test execution
Develop technical system integration and verification plans and track their progress
Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization
Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
Guide all activities in the System Engineering 'V', with MBSE Digital Engineering and Agile design methodology
Lead and/or support technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 1 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Experience with design, development, and integration of flight deck equipment
Experience in COTS / MIL-COTS hardware functional design and performance analysis
Experience with trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings
Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
Demonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experience
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
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Experience with design, development, and integration of flight deck equipment
Experience in COTS / MIL-COTS hardware functional design and performance analysis
Experience with trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings
Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
Demonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experience
Preferred
Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
Experience with Military Navigation and Navigation Aids
Experience with integrating Military Navigation instrumentation on aircraft and interfacing with mission software
Integration and/or Design experience with of one or more of the following avionics systems as applied to military aircraft: Flight Management Systems (FMS), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Control Display Units (CDUs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning, Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, Embedded GPS/INS (EGI) Navigation Systems
Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) experience
Performance Based Navigation (PBN) experience and attaining PBN certification
Experience designing to RTCA DO-178 software standard
Experience designing to RTCA DO-254 hardware standard
Experience designing to RTCA DO-200 standard
Experience designing to RTCA DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 standards
Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols
Experience leading/guiding teams through product definition and implementation
Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership
Experience collaborating on large interdisciplinary teams
Experience in supplier/subcontract management
Experience in the development of real time embedded software
Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
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