Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer ( Int'l Locations - R102078211
Listed on 2026-01-26
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Sr. Principal Air Vehicle System Test Engineer (Various Int’l Locations) – R
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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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history—from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Air Vehicle System Test Engineer – Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to join our Test and Evaluation organization.
This position requires 6+ months of training at a domestic assignment in Pax River, MD and Rancho Bernardo, CA
. After training, the candidate is expected to deploy to Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates, or Guam for a minimum of 24 months, based on current business needs. The international location will be selected by Northrop Grumman after training is completed and will be based on timing and available location(s). Deployment benefits will be communicated once a location is selected. If no immediate international or Guam deployment location is available, the candidate may be relocated to work at one of our core U.S. locations for the immediate future.
The FSR will be embedded with a US Navy unit and will serve as the system subject matter expert, providing training on hardware and software and supporting sailors with system operations, troubleshooting, and routine maintenance. The Navy’s intent is for sailors to be the primary operators and maintainers, with the FSR providing training/assistance to keep the system fully mission capable. The FSR will have reach‑back/liaison support from Northrop Grumman’s Responsible Engineering/Development/Test Engineering teams.
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.
- Providing inputs to update Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMS).
- Revisions and inputs during engineering development; executes Detailed Test Requirements, Acceptance Test Procedures, and Ground Test Plans.
- Installs, operates, troubleshoots, maintains, repairs, and modifies equipment per IETMS and engineering directives (TDs/ECRs/TEIs/AMRs/MAFs).
- Performs organizational/depot‑level maintenance and technical support on equipment, integrated systems, and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations.
- Develops general knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, engineering design, and software. Performs field integration, troubleshooting, and repair of air vehicle systems at the customer location including operations on a flight line or in a hangar.
- Interprets and traces electrical and air vehicle schematics; performs essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as multimeter, network/spectrum analyzer, oscilloscope, time‑domain reflectometer (TDR), etc.
- Supports review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, functional test requirements, including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the air vehicle.
- Knowledge of all aircraft systems, VTC/PTC, engineering design, and…
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