Vehicle Management Systems Engineer – Principal / Senior Principal

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer Aeronautical or Sr. Principal Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer Aeronautical to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our South Bay Vehicle Engineering organization.  This position is located at Redondo Beach, CA.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations and collaborative/team settings across all levels. This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Sr. Principal VMS Engineer Aeronautical level.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Experience designing flight critical hardware architecture for an air vehicle.
• Define, develop, and manage components, interface definitions, and implementation approaches of flight critical systems such as:
  • Flight control computers or vehicle management computers
  • Flight control actuation systems (FCAS)
  • Air data systems (ADS)
  • IMU and GPS for Navigation
  • Electrical power systems
• Experience working with hardware in a hands-on laboratory environment.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems.
• Experience developing in one or more of the following languages C, C++, Rust and Python.
• Ability to read and evaluate an electrical schematic.
• Perform component hardware and software integration, and derive software requirements for control of flight-critical and safety-critical systems
• Develop and execute component, subsystem, and system level test procedures to verify functionality of the VMS hardware and software.
• Basic understanding of flight dynamics and attitude control (roll, pitch, and yaw) through thrust and control surface (i.e. aileron, ruddervator) actuation.
• Define key subsystem-level requirements from high level aircraft and program requirements to define avionics hardware architectures according to customer specifications
• Investigate and resolve system anomalies across multiple engineering disciplines
• Perform technical planning, analysis, and hardware trade studies to meet requirements.
• Coordinate and manage suppliers for hardware procurement

Note: This position can be filled at either a Principal or Senior Principal level.

Basic Qualifications for Principal VMS Engineer Aeronautical:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 5 years of related engineering experience OR a master’s degree (STEM) with 3 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 0 years of experience.
• Must have a current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Experience with design, development, and/or integration of the Air Vehicle systems and subsystems listed above
• Experience with defining electrical and data interfaces (such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, ARINC 429, or analog interfaces)
• Experience with hardware/software integration

Basic Qualifications for Sr Principal VMS Engineer Aeronautical:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 9 years of related engineering experience OR a master’s degree (STEM) with 7 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) with 4 years
• Must have a current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
• Priority given to individuals with a degree in computer, software or electrical / electronic engineering.
• Extensive experience with design, development, and/or integration of the Air Vehicle systems and subsystems listed above
• Extensive experience with defining electrical and data interfaces (such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, ARINC 429, or analog interfaces)
• Extensive experience with hardware/software integration, verification & validation
• Extensive experience with engineering modeling and simulation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience writing device specific ICD parsing software (e.g. Parsing an inertial measurement unit byte stream to receive appropriate acceleration data)
• Experience with utilizing lab test equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, multimeter, etc.)
• Priority given to individuals with a degree in computer, software or electrical / electronic engineering
• Experience developing within a real-time operating system
• Experience working with and developing for communication protocols such as, RS-232, RS-485 or MIL-STD-1553.
• Experience developing within the Linux for ARM environment
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to lead a team, organize work, manage time, plan, and prioritize

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions 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, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.