System Test Engineer / Principal System Test 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a highly motivated System Test Engineer / Principal System Test Engineer as part of the Test & Evaluation team based out of Melbourne, FL.

The selected candidate will provide support for all system test activities, to include test planning, creation of required test procedures, post test data analysis, creation of problem reports, and reporting on test results.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

• Participate in internal and customer training feature definition analysis and any test planning working groups.

• Translate training feature definition, training simulation requirements, and instructor control features into test objectives, success criteria, and required resources for system level tests and demonstrations. 

• Develop and write test points and test sequences, detailed test plans, and test reports.

• Support the development of test readiness reviews (TRRs) and test data.

• Execute testing on training devices in a laboratory environment per the detailed test plans; manage and prioritize problems/failures/deviations.

• Document test results and prepare test status documentation.

• Compile data and define changes required in test equipment, test procedures, or new test points.

• Coordinate detailed test plans and test reports with training courseware teams to support training effectiveness assessments.

• Collaborate with systems engineers, suppliers, lab operations, software development engineers and other stakeholders involved in the testing process.

• Determine and coordinate regression test plan in accordance with final released software deliveries on training devices

Basic Qualifications: 

This requisition may be filled at a System Test Engineer (Level 2) OR Principal System Test Engineer (Level 3) level based on the qualifications below.

System Test Engineer (Level 2)

• Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 2 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related professional/military experience.

• Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain program access (SAP/SAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs, prior to the commencement of employment.
• Demonstrated experience in in test program execution. (I.e. developing test procedures, implementing technical edits and successfully executing test protocols, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following: aircraft systems, systems integration, training systems.

Principal System Test Engineer (Level 3)

• 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.

• Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance or higher with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain program access (SAP/SAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business