Principal / Senior Principal Instrumentation Engineer
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne, FL, USA |
| Salary | $95300 – $178000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 5 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related professional/military experience.
- Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government [select Secret or Top Secret] clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
- Professional experience with one or more of the following: telemetry, RF, onboard recording systems, ground stations, sub-systems
- Professional experience with specialized Instrumentation test equipment/sensors. (e.g. Strain Gages, Accelerometers, Pressure Transducers)
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development of Flight Test Instrumentation process, procedures and modifications of engineering drawings related to Instrumentation systems for ground and flight test activities.
- Define Instrumentation system configurations and signal conditioning requirements common to Airborne Data Acquisition Hardware and Software such as: sensor selection, installation methods, calibration and checkout requirements.
- Perform a variety of duties, including: engineering design tasks as assigned, participating in electrical design reviews, and procedure writing.
- Design and Maintain TTC Airborne Data Acquisition Systems, Telemetry ground station equipment to include auto tracking antennas, RF receivers, bit-syncs, de-commutators, demultiplexers, communication system matrix, chapter 10 recorders, and camera systems.
- Flight Data processing and data reduction.
- Instrumentation Data System design, from requirements to operations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to create detailed design specifications, product manuals, ICDs, and/or design handbooks.
- Design and operational experience with TTC data systems.
- Experience working in Flight Test or Lab Test environments
- Familiarity with fundamental principles of Symvionics IADS software or working in a Mission Control Room
- Basic knowledge of data bus architecture MIL-STD-1553, IEE-1394, ARINC-429, RS232 an RS422.
- Experience post-test processing data from an IRIG-106 CH10 recording