Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer - Aircraft Certification

Job Summary :

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Northrop Grumman is seeking a highly skilled Senior Principal Airworthiness Engineer - Aircraft Certification to join our team.

As a key member of our Airworthiness Engineering Directorate, you will be responsible for supporting certification efforts on various air vehicle platforms.

Your expertise in airworthiness planning, verification, and coordination will be essential in ensuring the logical and systematic realization of customer airworthiness certification objectives into system solutions.

Key Responsibilities :

• Perform technical airworthiness planning and verification support, including development and negotiation of airworthiness plans, bases of certification, means of compliance, and other certification activities.
• Review and coordinate with other airworthiness engineers and internal engineering disciplines to ensure compliance with customer requirements.
• 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 & Continuing 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.
• Work experience leading the development of Airworthiness plans, a Basis of Certification, and related activities.
• Work 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.
• 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 of European Military Aviation Regulations (EMARs).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.

About Northrop Grumman :

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