Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor ( Int'l Locations - R10207493-6

Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor (Various International Locations) - R-6

The position will begin with 6 months of training at Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA, followed by deployment to an international location in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

TRAVEL:
Yes, 100% of the Time

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

Northrop Grumman provides employees opportunities to work on innovative systems that impact worldwide lives.

• Interfacing with NGC and customer Flight Engineers, aircraft maintenance Technicians, US Navy service members, and Subsystem SMEs in order 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 flight line, 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.

• Principal Test Conductor must have 9 years of related professional/military experience OR Bachelor's degree and 5 years of related professional / military experience, OR a Master’s degree and 3 years of related professional / military experience
• Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA.
• Willingness and ability to support an international assignment in Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months. The location will be selected by the Company and the selection will be based solely on business needs.
• Willingness and ability to relocate to a core U.S. location, if necessary, based on business needs.
• Ability to pass a new hire physical if determined necessary by Company, based on international location selected.
• 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
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time for business needs
• Experience with Aircraft Ground Test Operations
• Possess the capability and readiness to travel, effectively supporting customer needs, management reviews, and demonstrating leadership as a technical expert on support trips worldwide.
• 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 support a new and/or extended assignment at a company selected international or Guam location after the initial 24-month assignment.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance that is in-scope or…