Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 months ago
Test Conductor
United States-Florida-Jacksonville
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$70K/yr - $105K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking an Air Vehicle System Test Engineer to join their Test & Evaluation organization. The role involves providing training and support to US Navy units, ensuring system operations, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance of aircraft systems.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance Technicians, US Navy service members, and Subsystem SMEs to sustain operations
Primary interface between maintenance, design and flight test engineering
Vehicle and Payload Test Controller (VTC/PTC) operations during aircraft start-up/shut down for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshooting
Responsible for providing inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS)
Reviews/provides inputs during engineering development and executes Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans
Installs, operates, troubleshoot, maintains, repairs, and modifies equipment, in accordance with IETMS and/or other engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs)
Perform a variety of Organizational / Depot-level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations
Develop general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, Engineering Design and software. Perform field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including operations on a flightline, or in a hangar
Ability to interpret and trace electrical and Air Vehicle schematics. Perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as but not limited to: Multimeter, Network/Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Time-Domain Reflectometer (TDR), etc
Able to perform/support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, support of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the Air Vehicle
Qualification
Required
Test conductor must have 6 years of related professional experience OR Bachelor's degree AND 2 years of related professional experience OR a Master's degree AND 0 years of related professional experience
Must have a DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in CE, with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
Experience with Aircraft Ground Test Operations
Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA
Possess the capability and readiness to travel effectively supporting customer needs, management reviews, and demonstrating leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide
Willingness and ability to support 25% domestic and OCONUS travel to Japan, United Arab Emirates, or Guam
Ability to pass a new hire physical if determined necessary by Company, based on international travel selected
Must have working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) and the ability to effectively communicate with various levels of leadership
Strong interpersonal skills with excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time for business needs
Preferred
Bachelor of Science Degree in Science, Technical, Engineering or Math (STEM)
Active in-scope Top Secret/SCI DoD security clearance at time of application, with eligibility/ willingness to submit to a counterintelligence polygraph if/when needed
Previous Unmanned Air Vehicle system test or maintenance experience is highly desired. MQ-4 Vehicle Test Controller or Triton BETTIE operator experience is preferred
Aircraft Test or Lab Test experience is highly desired
Experience with equipment to test and troubleshoot aircraft systems
Experience with loading data and configuration files to aircraft assemblies
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase