Sr. Staff Engineer Airworthiness - Technical Excellence

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Aerospace Systems’ AWWSC Directorate, headquartered in Melbourne, FL, has an immediate opening for a motivated Airworthiness Engineer to support Technical Excellence strategies, including the development of Policy, Process & Procedures, Education & Training, Tools, Common Products, Digital Strategies, and other common approaches and methodologies.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come.

In increasingly sophisticated engineering environments, organizations must develop robust engineers and connect them to rewarding challenges. Within the Governance & Independence group, the Airworthiness & Weapon Systems Cybersecurity (AWWSC) Technical Excellence Integration & Operation’s strategy focuses on workforce development, processes, and tools. Additionally, our organization’s framework consistently and logically aligns disciplines to support program execution across the full lifecycle of an air system, while unlocking capacity to elevate technical merit and excellence within each discipline.

Essential Duties: 

• Develop and maintain processes, tools, training, and other strategic roadmaps
• Represent the AWWSC on sector councils
• Develop and maintain governance, processes, roles, tools, and the AWWSC workforce
• Counsel on program-specific governance, processes, procedures
• Develop and maintain metrics for AWWSC, programs, staff
• Assess, develop, sustain, and conduct training
• Enterprise / Industry collaboration

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 14 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 10 years of experience.
• Experience with the development of plans and certification bases in achieving the logical and systematic realization of compliance using DoW policy, MIL-HDBK-516, civil, and international standards into solutions that meet program objectives to obtain airworthiness and cybersecurity approvals.
• Experience with reviews and coordination of other Airworthiness and/or Cybersecurity Engineers, as well as with internal engineering disciplines at all levels of the air system including design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance.
• Experience with functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, interface definition, hardware and software specifications for compliance to the appropriate regulations, standards, and/or guidelines.
• Experience with airworthiness and/or cybersecurity activities throughout the air system lifecycle.
• Proven ability to work cross functionally with subject matter experts, engineers, analysts, and senior leaders.
• Ability to obtain U.S. Government in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills; capable of delivering clear guidance and conducting workshops for engineers.
• Support modernization by providing vision, focus, guiding principles, essential capabilities, and goals necessary to evolve the team into a robust digital-centric organization.
• Familiarity of MIL-HDBK-516C or D
• Civil/Military aircraft development or modification experience
• Knowledge, Skills and Ability: Applies extensive technical expertise and has strong knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Problem Solving: Develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity. Discretion/Latitude Work is performed without appreciable direction.
• Experience with domestic or international standards development organizations
• Experience with disciplined-based maturity models
• Experience with digital engineering approaches & methodologies such as MBSE tools
• Familiarity with the DoW acquisition process
• A current active U.S. Government in-scope DoD Secret security clearance or higher and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP).

Primary Level Salary Range: $166,500.00 - $249,700.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.