Sr. Principal Flight Control Actuation Systems Engineer

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.

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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Sr. Principal Flight Control Actuation Systems Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Vehicle Engineering Flight Systems organization. This position is located in Melbourne, Florida.

Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer requires coursework and/or experience in aircraft vehicle management systems.

In this role, you will be responsible for design and development of system architectures and defining key capabilities and performance requirements. Defining design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications. Developing thorough definition of system external interfaces. Defining system implementation approach and operational concept. Ensuring requirements are met and evaluating performance with customer. Additional responsibilities include managing requirements, design, testing, and presenting updates to internal and external customers.

Primary responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Development of flight critical system design for aircraft control

• Development of architecture design with optimized redundancy levels and fault management

• Communicating with multiple subsystems to define interfaces to the Vehicle Management Computer. Subsystems may include;

  • Brakes/BCU

  • Hydraulics

  • Electrical Power

  • Propulsion

  • Cockpit Displays

  • Navigation/GPS

  • Air Data

• Documenting Vehicle Management System physical architecture including all data bus and discrete interconnections

• Definition of interface and processing latency requirements based on subsystem functional requirements

• Specification of test requirements for VMS system level performance

• Specification and oversight of Vehicle Management System software

• Development of product specifications to support acquisition and procurement of subsystems from vendors

• Development of subsystem simulations as needed to support Vehicle Management System verification

• Developing test cases and executing test procedures in lab and on-aircraft environments

• Presenting technical updates to internal and external customers

• Demonstrating a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business

• Mentoring junior VMS engineers

Additional duties may include:

• Performing technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems

• Performing analysis at all levels of total system product to include: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal

• Ensuring the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints

• Performing functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software speci