**Requisition ID: R10175076**

+ **Category:** Engineering

+ **Location:** Melbourne, Florida, United States of America

+ **Clearance Type:** SAP

+ **Telecommute:** No- Teleworking not available for this position

+ **Shift:** 1st Shift (United States of America)

+ **Travel Required:** Yes, 10% of the Time

+ **Relocation Assistance:** Relocation assistance may be available

+ **Positions Available:** 1

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a **Vehicle Management Systems Principal Engineer / Sr Principal Engineer** to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Melbourne, Florida. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer requires coursework and/or experience in aircraft vehicle management systems.

A VMS engineer designs and develops system architectures, and defines key capabilities and performance requirements. Defines design and technology maturity constraints of the system in accordance with customer specifications. Develops thorough definition of system external interfaces. Defines system implementation approach and operational concept. Ensures requirements are met and evaluates performance with customer.

Duties include: flight critical system design for aircraft control; architecture design with optimized redundancy levels; trade studies; specification of hardware elements and technical support to procurement; vehicle management software specification and oversight; fault management design; lab testing of flight hardware & software; on-aircraft testing; support to vehicle flight testing; and anomaly resolution. We seek candidates with strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work as part of a team, and the ability to organize work, manage time, plan, and prioritize.

Primary responsibilities will include VMS Specification development, requirements definition, functional modeling, and VMS testing. In addition, engineer will support subsystems to VMS interfaces including managing requirements, design, testing and presenting updates to internal and external customers.

**BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:**

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Engineer Aeronautical or a Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical level.

The basic qualifications for a Principal Engineer Aeronautical are:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 5 years of system architecture definition experience OR a Master’s Degree in STEM with 3 years of system architecture definition experience OR a PhD Degree in STEM with 1 year of system architecture definition

+ Experience with at least one of the following technical disciplines: subsystem integration and test, data bus architecture definition, system integrity analysis, Vehicle Management Systems architecture development

+ Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation)

+ Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to start of employment.

The basic qualifications for a Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical are:

+ Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field from an accredited university with 8 years of system architecture definition experience OR a Master’s Degree in STEM with 6 years of system architecture definition experience OR a PhD Degree in STEM with 3 years of system architecture definition experience

+ Experience with at least one of the following technical disciplines: subsystem integration and test, data bus architecture definition, system integrity analysis, VMS architecture development

+ Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation)

+ Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance prior to start of employment.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:**

+ Previous experience with design, development, and/or integration of Air Vehicle systems and subsystems in the military aerospace environment

+ Active Top Secret clearance with ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

+ Prior airworthiness experience

+ Integrated Hardware/Software (Subsystem/System Feature) validation experience.

**Salary Range:** $92,600 - $139,000

**Salary Range 2:** $114,900 - $172,300

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.