General Engineering Application

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: San Diego
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Engineering
* Telecommute: Yes- May Consider Full Time Teleworking for this position
* 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 Airworthiness Engineer / Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer - Aircraft Certification to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within the Office of Independent Airworthiness (OIAW) . This position may be filled in any continental US State and is remote based, the preferred location is commutable distance to San Diego, CA. Some travel to San Diego, CA will be required for this role (approximately 25%).

The Principal Airworthiness Engineer / Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer - Aircraft Certification will be working within the Airworthiness Engineering Directorate supporting certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms. Flight Releases, Type Certification, continued airworthiness, and operation of airspace integration).

Performs 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 with IPT/REs as well as customer counterparts.
* Reviews and coordinates 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.
* Performs functional and process analyses, requirements allocation and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
* Flight releases, Type certification, continued airworthiness, operations, and airspace integration).
* Responsible for managing and maintaining Type Design Data and airworthiness evidence in support of a Military Type Certification and Air System Continued & Continuing Airworthiness as a member of the technical AW staff in a System Design Responsible company.

Position may be filled as either a Principal Airworthiness Engineer (Aircraft Certification) OR Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer (Aircraft Certification) depending on the qualifications below.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Airworthiness Engineer (Aircraft Certification):

* Bachelors in STEM discipline with 5 or more years of engineering experience, OR Master's with 3 or more years of engineering experience, OR PhD with 0 or more years of engineering experience
* Work experience leading the development of Airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer (Aircraft Certification):

* Bachelors in STEM discipline with 9 or more years of engineering experience, OR Master's with 7 or more years of engineering experience, OR PhD with 4 or more years of engineering experience
* Work experience leading the development of Airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance
* Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Military aircraft development or modification experience
* Government in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher
* Ability to initiate Airworthiness Certification process improvement initiatives
* Work experience with domestic and international UAS/RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications
* 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
* Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint

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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