Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Test (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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’s 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 is currently seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Test with an Active Security Clearance to work with our talented Advanced Weapons team located in Northridge, CA,. This will be an on-site position.

Responsibilities for this position include (but are not limited to):

The Special Test Equipment (STE) department needs an STE Lead for SiAW, CAPEX, and specific design, development, and production support projects.

This STE Lead duties will include:

• Creation of initial cost proposals for the project based on prior actual costs of similar projects and engineering estimates of labor costs, material costs, and schedules

• Creating the CAPEX request for each project

• Defending and advocating for the project funding approval

• Initial project execution planning

• Forming the team required to execute the project

• Managing the budget and schedule for on-time completion

• Monthly status reporting to leadership on progress for each project

• Completion of the project and successful deployment of depreciation

• Creation of proposals for STE to support development and production of Government programs

• Support contract negotiations internally and with the customer

• Strong written and verbal skills

• Excellent presentation skills

• Ability to work well in a team environment

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Engineer Test / level 3 :

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM)

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the management of critical projects funded under company CAPEX and government contract proposals

• Experience with Test Equipment

• Experience managing the schedule and delegating tasks to team members.

• Experience motivating teams and solving problems.

• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• **Active Security Clearance

Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Engineer Test / level 4 :

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM)

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in the management of critical projects funded under company CAPEX and government contract proposals

• Experience with Test Equipment

• Experience managing the schedule and delegating tasks to team members.

• Experience motivating teams and solving problems.

• Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.

• Active Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)

• Experience with Engineering development projects (electrical, mechanical, software)

• Experience in cost proposals for CAPEX and Government contracts

• Leading Engineering