Principal Lab Operations Engineer
- Location:
- Melbourne, Florida, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Please note: Only external candidates and NG employees who are not currently in AS Engineering will be considered under this requisition.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a highly motivated Principal Lab Operations Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test & Evaluation organization. This role is located in Melbourne, FL.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing and executing of lab system procedures to support the testing of sequential software builds. You will join our team which is responsible for the integration of aircraft systems and subsystems into a Lab environment supporting aircraft capabilities and functions.
Key Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- Utilizing systems and subsystems requirements.
- Assist in the development of lab requirements and procedures.
- Execute integration activities in a lab environment.
- Evaluate mission systems functionality.
- Frequently utilizing the principles and disciplines of lab engineering including policies, procedures, process discipline, operations, safety, and command media support.
- Support validation and verification of lab design and requirements.
- Supporting the development test scripts, procedures, test processes and execution.
- Review and evaluate data to confirm that results meet the requirements.
- Document anomalies found during execution and support trouble shooting to resolve all issues.
The successful candidate will possess an in-depth understanding of military aircraft functionality and demonstrated lab integration experience with a modern software intensive mission systems architecture.
We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
Basic Qualifications:
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related professional/military experience.
- Experience working as an engineer in a system test lab environment
- Experience creating, editing and executing test procedures
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with lab and flight test instrumentation and data systems
- Understanding of air vehicle systems architectures