Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor ( Int'l Locations - R102074933
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor (Various International Locations) - R
Posted 5 days ago. Be among the first 25 applicants.
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available.
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret.
TRAVEL:
Yes, 100% of the Time.
About the Role
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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Air Vehicle System Test Conductor – Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to join our Test and Evaluation organization.
This position requires 6+ months of training on a Domestic Assignment to Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA. After training, the candidate will be available for deployment to Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months, based on business needs.
The FSR will be embedded with a US Navy unit as the system subject matter expert, providing training on the system hardware and software and supporting sailors with operations, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance.
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 operations during aircraft start‑up/shut‑down for launch and recovery, conduct static ground tests, and troubleshooting.
- Provide inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
- Review/critiques during engineering development and execute detailed test requirements, acceptance test procedures, and ground test plans.
- Install, operate, troubleshoot, maintain, repair, and modify equipment per IETMS or other engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs).
- Perform organizational/depot‑level maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems, subsystems, and software at customer 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 flight line or hangar operations.
- Interpret and trace electrical and air vehicle schematics; perform essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as multimeter, spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, time‑domain reflectometer (TDR), etc.
- Perform or support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, and support functional test requirements for acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the air vehicle.
- 9 years of related professional/military experience OR a 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 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.
- Willingness and ability to relocate to a core US location if necessary.
- Ability to pass a new hire physical if required by the company for the selected international location.
- Must have a DoD Secret clearance in scope or be currently enrolled in the Classification Examination (CE), with the ability to obtain a Top‑Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time.
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable amount of time.
- Experience with aircraft ground test operations.
- Readiness to travel worldwide to support customer needs and management reviews.
- Working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and effective communication skills at all leadership levels.
- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent communication, including the ability to brief test results to senior leadership.
- Ability to support a new or extended assignment at a company‑selected international or Guam location after the initial…
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