Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 month ago
Vehicle Management Systems Engineer - Principal / Senior Principal
United States-California-Redondo Beach
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$114K/yr - $171K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in aeronautics and technology, seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Vehicle Management Systems Engineer. The role involves designing flight critical hardware architecture and managing components of flight critical systems while collaborating in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Experience designing flight critical hardware architecture for an air vehicle
Define, develop, and manage components, interface definitions, and implementation approaches of flight critical systems such as:
Flight control computers or vehicle management computers
Flight control actuation systems (FCAS)
Air data systems (ADS)
IMU and GPS for Navigation
Electrical power systems
Experience working with hardware in a hands-on laboratory environment
Ability to troubleshoot hardware and software problems
Experience developing in one or more of the following languages C, C++, Rust and Python
Ability to read and evaluate an electrical schematic
Perform component hardware and software integration, and derive software requirements for control of flight-critical and safety-critical systems
Develop and execute component, subsystem, and system level test procedures to verify functionality of the VMS hardware and software
Basic understanding of flight dynamics and attitude control (roll, pitch, and yaw) through thrust and control surface (i.e. aileron, ruddervator) actuation
Define key subsystem-level requirements from high level aircraft and program requirements to define avionics hardware architectures according to customer specifications
Investigate and resolve system anomalies across multiple engineering disciplines
Perform technical planning, analysis, and hardware trade studies to meet requirements
Coordinate and manage suppliers for hardware procurement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 5 years of related engineering experience OR a master's degree (STEM) with 3 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with a minimum of 0 years of experience
Must have a current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
Experience with design, development, and/or integration of the Air Vehicle systems and subsystems listed above
Experience with defining electrical and data interfaces (such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, ARINC 429, or analog interfaces)
Experience with hardware/software integration
Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 9 years of related engineering experience OR a master's degree (STEM) with 7 years of related engineering experience OR a PhD Degree (STEM) with 4 years
Must have a current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher, with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP)
Priority given to individuals with a degree in computer, software or electrical / electronic engineering
Extensive experience with design, development, and/or integration of the Air Vehicle systems and subsystems listed above
Extensive experience with defining electrical and data interfaces (such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232, ARINC 429, or analog interfaces)
Extensive experience with hardware/software integration, verification & validation
Extensive experience with engineering modeling and simulation
Preferred
Experience writing device specific ICD parsing software (e.g. Parsing an inertial measurement unit byte stream to receive appropriate acceleration data)
Experience with utilizing lab test equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, multimeter, etc.)
Priority given to individuals with a degree in computer, software or electrical / electronic engineering
Experience developing within a real-time operating system
Experience working with and developing for communication protocols such as, RS-232, RS-485 or MIL-STD-1553
Experience developing within the Linux for ARM environment
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to lead a team, organize work, manage time, plan, and prioritize
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