Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer (level 4)

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Electrical

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Flight Avionics Responsible Engineer to support Avionics Integration of Aircraft flight deck Systems. Responsibilities include providing engineering support for integration of systems like FMS, PFDs, TAWS, CAS, and other avionics systems, leading verification of installations and certification documents, supporting system safety documents, creating schematics, managing suppliers, and supporting testing and flight test activities. Requires a STEM Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or a Master's with 6 years, an active Top Secret Clearance, and experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, Ethernet protocols, and supplier management.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide Avionics Integration engineering support for the integration of aircraft flight deck systems and components including Flight Management Systems (FMS), Flight Management Computers (FMCs), Primary Flight Displays (PFDs), Terrain Avoidance and Warning Systems (TAWS), Crew Alerting System (CAS), Moving Maps, and other various avionics systems.
  2. Lead in the preparation and support the verification of aircraft avionics and Prime Mission Equipment installations and aircraft certification documents.
  3. Provides Critical Skills to teams with internal and external knowledge of the technical industry and how it impacts the company. Serves as an expert for Avionics Flight Management Integration.
  4. Lead support for the development of system safety documents.
  5. Lead the integration of flight deck systems with mission systems.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent experience
  • Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
  • Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols
  • Experience with Supplier Management of avionics equipment
  • Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.)

Nice to have

  • Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) experience
  • Performance Based Navigation (PBN) experience
  • Required Navigation Performance (RNP)/ Area Navigation (RNAV) certification experience
  • Experience designing to RTCA DO-254 hardware standard
  • Experience designing to RTCA DO-200 standard
  • Experience designing to RTCA DO-160 and MIL-STD-810 standards
  • Experience with Earned Value Management
  • Confluence and Jira Experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Active DoD Top Secret Clearance
  • Experience with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429 and Ethernet communication protocols
  • Experience with Supplier Management of avionics equipment
  • Experience with at least one of the flight certification standards listed in the preferred qualifications (PBN, RNAV, RNP, CNS/ATM, DO-178/254/200/160)
  • Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels