Job Description

Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor (Various International Locations) - R102074933

Posted 5 days ago. Be among the first 25 applicants.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available.

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret.

TRAVEL: Yes, 100% of the Time.

About the Role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to join our Test and Evaluation organization.

This position requires 6+ months of training on a Domestic Assignment to Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA. After training, the candidate will be available for deployment to Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months, based on business needs.

The FSR will be embedded with a US Navy unit as the system subject matter expert, providing training on the system hardware and software and supporting sailors with operations, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance technicians, US Navy service members, and subsystem SMEs to sustain operations.
• Primary interface between maintenance, design and flight test engineering.
• Vehicle and payload test controller operations during aircraft start?up/shut?down for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshooting.

Essential Functions

• Provide inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
• Review/critiques during engineering development and execute detailed test requirements, acceptance test procedures, and ground test plans.
• Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment per IETMS or other engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs).
• Perform organizational/depot?level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems, subsystems, and software at customer or field locations.
• Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, engineering design and software; perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including flightline or hangar operations.
• Interpret and trace electrical and air vehicle schematics; perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as multimeter, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, time?domain reflectometer (TDR), etc.
• Perform or support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, and support functional test requirements for acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the air vehicle.

Basic Qualifications

• 9 years of related professional/military experience OR a bachelors degree and 5 years of related professional/military experience OR a masters degree and 3 years of related professional/military experience.
• Willingness and ability to complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA.
• Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months.
• Willingness and ability to relocate to a core US location if necessary.
• Ability to pass a new hire physical if required by the company for the selected international location.
• Must have a DoD Secret clearance in scope or be currently enrolled in the Classification Examination (CE), with the ability to obtain a Top?Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time.
• Experience with aircraft ground test operations.
• Readiness to travel worldwide to support customer needs and management reviews.
• Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and effective communication skills at all leadership levels.
• Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to support a new or extended assignment at a company?selected international or Guam location after the initial 24?month assignment.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance in scope or currently enrolled in the CE.
• Previous unmanned air?vehicle system test or maintenance experience MQ?4 Vehicle Test Controller or Triton BETTIE operator preferred.
• Aircraft test or lab test experience preferred.
• Experience with equipment to test and troubleshoot aircraft systems.
• Experience with loading data and configuration files to aircraft assemblies.

Salary & Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,200.00 $136,800.00.

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long?term incentives for VP or Director positions. Northrop Grumman provides health insurance, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company?paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO).

Application

The application period is estimated to be 20 days from the posting date, though it may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

EEO Statement

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Seniority Level

Mid?Senior level

Employment Type

Full?time

Job Function

Management and Manufacturing

Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing

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