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Sr. Principal Test Conductor - Mission Planner
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 2 Locations
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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 Sr. Principal Test Conductor - Mission Planner to join the team of qualified individuals. Position is located in Edwards, CA. Join us to lead mission planning for developmental flight test, drive pre/post-mission execution, and support integration lab activities while collaborating closely with maintenance, design, and test teams on cutting-edge unmanned systems. You’ll leverage JMPS/PFPS/AFMSS to shape sorties that advance our Defining Possible mission and deliver real impact. Key Responsibilities: • Create test article mission plans and routing for various developmental efforts. • Provide pre/post mission support planning and documentation, supporting appropriate decisions regarding safety, efficiency, and effectiveness. • Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness/feasibility and adequacy of test program. • Provide laboratory support for integration testing. • Interface with test article/software design and analysis teams to define test configuration and data requirements. • Support test card development and review in collaboration with various engineering disciplines and test operations personnel. • Support test readiness reviews, and pre/post-test briefings. • Support test planning working groups as needed. • Conduct and contributes to pre and post-test data analyses to support anomaly identification and resolution. Maintains metrics on status of testing and constraints. • This position requires outstanding written and oral communications skills. Individual will be required to serve as either a principal subject matter focal point between maintenance, design engineering, and the test team - contractor and customer. • Selected individual must be able to work under only general direction to determine and develop approaches to solutions; must be able to work both within a team environment and independently; must be self-motivated, thorough, and detailed; and must be willing to learn additional test discipline areas. • Proficient in Microsoft Office and relevant industry mission planning software. • Overtime, odd shifts, and weekend work may occasionally be required. We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. Basic Qualifications: • Must have a high school diploma and 13 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in Mission Planning in operations, flight test and/or training environment have a Bachelor degree AND 8 years of related professional/military experience t