Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer to join our team at Northrop Grumman. As a key member of our Airworthiness Engineering Directorate, you will be responsible for leading certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and negotiate airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities for complex total systems.
- Review and coordinate with other airworthiness engineers and internal engineering disciplines to ensure compliance with airworthiness regulations.
- Perform functional and process analyses, requirements allocation, and definition studies to translate customer requirements into criteria and derived requirements.
- Manage and maintain airworthiness evidence in support of military flight releases and air system continued airworthiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years of experience, or Master's degree with 7 years of experience, or PhD with 4 years of experience.
- Familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516B Expanded and -516C.
- Experience leading the development of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, and related activities.
- Experience with domestic and international UAS / RPAS airworthiness authorizations and type certifications.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Military aircraft development or modification experience.
- Ability to initiate airworthiness certification process improvement initiatives.
- DoD and civil airworthiness experience.
- Work experience and familiarity with UAS / RPAS.
- Design and systems engineering experience in one or more of the following areas : structures, flight technology, air vehicle subsystems, avionics, mission payload integration, system safety, flight test, configuration management.
- Experience with USAF airworthiness policy directives, instructions, and airworthiness bulletins (AWB).
- Control account management (CAM) and earned value management system (EVMS) experience, including integrated master schedule (IMS) planning and tracking, earned value reporting, variance analysis, and estimate at complete (EAC) forecasting.
- Experience in a system design responsible (SDR) organization per international regulations with signature authority.
- Interactions with airworthiness authorities US DoD, MoD international, or civil authorities.
- Familiarity with European military aviation regulations (EMARs).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
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