Lead Engineer, Performance Testing

2 weeks ago


Palmdale CA, United States Northrop Grumman Full time

Category: Engineering
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- 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 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Subsystems Design Engineer OR Senior Principal Subsystems Design Engineer. Staff Subsystems Lead Engineer will provide technical leadership to a team of engineers as part of the Vehicle Engineering (VE) technical organization. The VE organization provides responsible engineering support to a restricted program within the Strike Division. The team includes mechanisms, environment control systems, power systems, fuel systems, hydraulic systems, fire protection systems, vehicle management and electrical subsystems.

Responsible for the technical quality of the Subsystems team's program deliverables (i.e. engineering analysis, internal/external briefings, etc.)

- Planning technical scope and tasking between multiple business operating units for the Subsystems team to be successful in accomplishing the program’s Statement of Work (SOW).

- Developing program/project planning strategies, as well as cost & schedule implications

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science degree with 14+ years of experience; or a Master’s in Engineering, Chemistry, Material Science degree with 12 years of experience or a PhD with 9 years of experience

- Ability to obtain a DOD Secret Clearance

- Possess key skills necessary to create and read Electrical Schematics, Cable Block Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams and translate info/data into Cable and Wire Harness Diagrams.

- Experience in a combination of ECS, Fuel, Powerplant, Landing Gear, and Hydraulic installations.

- Experience and ability to work with the manufacturing team, support A/V testing, and support A/V integration as needed.

- High level of proficiency using CATIA V5 in the development of aircraft Subsystem Installations.

- Ability to understand/apply platform environmental requirements to design

Active DOD Secret Clearance

- Understanding of leadership versus management, and the responsibilities of both

- Understanding systems engineering approach toward Subsystems Development and Systems Integration

- Understanding of Subsystems impacts to System performance, health, and maintenance

- Understanding of Subsystems disciplines, skillsets, and levels within those disciplines, disciplines that the Subsystems RE will interface with, and Supplier RE’s (Supplier Specs and Supplier Management).

- Understanding of Subsystems data analysis to support troubleshooting and subsystem integration

- Understanding of Subsystems technical manual updates and coordination as an Electrical Wire Harness / RF Cable Engineer, SOW will entail designing, analyzing, and supporting procurement and fabrication/assembly of Wire Harness and RF Cables inclusive of Wire Shielding and grounding methodology, EMI/RFI, circuit redundancy and separation techniques.

In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.



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