Sr. Principal Data Engineer - (Melbourne FL)

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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.  Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
 

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal Data Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Test & Evaluation organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.

As a Data Engineer, you will be supporting the Instrumentation and Data Systems team. You will be performing all aspects of data engineering from initial data management plan and ICD development through test, implementation, and maintenance.

Responsibilities may include:

• Supporting the development, design, and integration of a complex test data acquisition system architecture.

• Developing requirements for passive bus data connections across common protocols (Ethernet, 1553, 1394, ARINC 429, CAN, etc.) for on-vehicle data recording and real-time telemetry.

• Developing a data management plan to support collection of test data across various test mediums for the program, as well as supporting development of hardware and software tools to enable collection, processing, and dissemination of test data across Lab, Ground, and Flight Test activities across multiple sites.

• Designing rapid response bus data acquisition systems to support high-priority test activity to reduce risk to key program capabilities.

• Supporting data collection configuration of the Lab, Ground, and Flight Test Instrumentation system, coordinate test activity, and communicate data system issues status to team leadership. 

• Supporting test readiness reviews, test planning working groups, and pre- and post-test briefings.

• Preparing system specifications, Request for Quotes (RFQ’s), and Statement of Work (SOW’s) which satisfy test and system requirements plus support test activities, anomaly resolution, and process improvement initiatives.

• Ensuring data collection performance and data delivery capabilities meet Test & Evaluation, vehicle subsystem Responsible Engineer, and customer requirements.

• Collaborating within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment, interfacing with IPT leadership, suppliers, customers, and other technical disciplines.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of experience in engineering; OR Master of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 6 years of experience in engineering; OR PhD in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university with 4 years of experience in engineering.

• 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.

• Demonstrated experience with SQL and/or Postgres database systems.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with test data acquisition systems, data configuration and collection software, as well as database development for measurand and test data.

• Experience with ground and flight data acquisition system design and testing methodologies with a focus in bus data collection.

• Knowledge of telemetry, onboard recording, data acquisition system equipment by Safran, TTC/Curtiss-Wright, and Quasonix and ground stations.

• Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using SysML within Cameo.

• VMWare or other virtualization experience.

• Demonstrated experience shap