Senior Airworthiness Engineer

2 weeks ago


San Diego, California, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Overview

Northrop Grumman is seeking a highly skilled Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. This is a hybrid work arrangement position that may be filled in any continental US State and is remote based, with a preferred location commutable distance to San Diego, CA. Some travel to San Diego, CA will be required for this role (approximately 25%).

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform technical airworthiness planning and verification support, including development and negotiation of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities for complex total systems.
  • Review and coordinate with other airworthiness engineers as well as internal engineering disciplines performed across the total system to include design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
  • Perform functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
  • Ensure the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions to meet program needs throughout the product lifecycle.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years of experience, or Master's degree with 7 years of experience, or PhD with 4 years of experience.
  • Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded and -516C.
  • Work experience leading the development of Airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
  • Work experience with domestic and international UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Military aircraft development or modification experience.
  • Ability to initiate Airworthiness Certification process improvement initiatives.
  • DoD and Civil Airworthiness Experience.
  • Work experience and familiarity with UAS/RPAS.
  • Design and Systems Engineering experience in one or more of the following areas: Structures, Flight Technology, Air Vehicle Subsystems, Avionics, Mission Payload Integration, System Safety, Flight Test, Configuration Management.
  • Experience with USAF Airworthiness Policy Directives, Instructions, and Airworthiness Bulletins (AWB).
  • Control Account Management (CAM) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience including Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) planning and tracking, Earned Value reporting, variance analysis, and Estimate at Complete (EAC) forecasting.
  • Experience in a System Design Responsible (SDR) organization per international regulations with signature authority.
  • Interactions with airworthiness authorities US DoD, MoD International, or civil authorities.
  • Familiarity of European Military Aviation Regulations (EMARs).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
What We Offer

Northrop Grumman offers a competitive salary range of $121,000 - $199,600, as well as a discretionary bonus and 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.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.



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