Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Test Engineer for the Aerospace Vehicle Equipment Guidance Navigation & Controls (AVE-GN&C) team. This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program.

What You Will Get To Do:

• Develop customer contractual needs and requirements into test solutions that acknowledges technical schedule and cost constraints.

• Develop and direct preparation and execution of comprehensive test plans, procedures and schedules.

• Review and evaluate test requirements for completeness of test program.

• Coordinate with Subject Matter Experts, Element Test teams, System Test teams, and other stakeholders to identify test objectives, test requirements, and risks that require test to mitigate.

• Supporting development of instrumentation requirements for Hardware in the Loop testing.

• Identify test support requirements and coordinate with Design & Integration team for budget and personnel needs.

• Overseeing test activities in support or requirement verification and validation.

• Conduct daily briefing and approve test start for each test event.

• Approve Break of Configuration on the test floor.

• Conduct tabletop reviews and dry run test procedures with test team prior to execution.

• Coordinate and conduct Technical and Safety Review Boards, and Test Readiness Reviews.

• Support customer Test Plan Working Groups.

• Prepare Test Planning Team charters. Coordinate with Quality organization for test support.

• Review and approve major test amendments. Utilize excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

• Working well in a team environment, collaborate with multiple engineering teams to define test objectives and requirements for test activities in a hardware in the loop lab.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

• 401k

• Educational Assistance

• Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

• Paid Time Off

• Health & Wellness Resources

• Employee Discounts

This position has a 9/80 standard work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Basic Qualifications:

• 14 Years with Bachelors in Science; 12 Years with Masters; 10 Years with PhD.

• U.S. citizen eligible for a Secret (or higher) security clearance and able to obtain any program-specific clearance required

• 5+ years of experience leading large, cross-functional missile/launch-vehicle programs with a minimum of 3 year with system or subsystem test and integration in engineering laboratory environment

• 5+ years of experience driving program execution through various phases of the acquisition lifecycle (System Requirements Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, or flight-test execution) with experience as a technical-approval authority for drawings, analyses, test plans, or other related work products

• 5+ years of experience translating complex technical information into clear briefings for senior leadership, customer partners, and range authorities, enabling rapid and accurate decision-making

• 5+ years of experience mentoring junior engineers and leading formal development programs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Missile-system proficiency – Experience designing developing, testing, integrating, and/or analyzing missile systems and subsystems (propulsion, aerodynamics, flight-control, structures, and/or guidance-navigation-control)

• Test-campaign leadership – Experience related to flight-test campaigns, including planning, execution and data capture, and post-test analysis

• Process-improvement champion – Initiated and institutionalized process improvements that became organization-wide best-practice templates

• Technical leadership experience, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of scientific principles, tools and techniques to achieve practical end results

• Background in aerospace systems; basic understanding of missile systems, GNC, warheads, and survivability

• Knowledge of configuration management best practices

• Ability to deal with ambiguity and meet program commitments in a highly concurrent engineering environment

• Ability to effectively maneuver through political situation and anticipate roadblocks

• Good organizational skills and ability to work with minimal direction

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Knowledge of Agile approaches and Model-Based Engineering (MBE)

• Prior experience leading teams of 10+ members & scope valuation of 50M+

• Demonstrated record of collaboration among multiple teams, disciplines, and suppliers

• Familiarity with role of real-time simulators in HWIL usage

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