Vehicle Management Systems VMS Engineer or Principal Vehicle Management Systems VMS Engineer - Northrop Grumman

Description

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems – Research & Advanced Design (R&AD) transforms breakthrough ideas into mission-ready capabilities through intelligent anticipation. We’re the front-end design engine, defining what comes next. From developing cutting-edge next-generation future aircraft to trailblazing collaborative autonomous platforms, we push the boundaries of technology and forge industry-leading partnerships that set new standards for what’s possible.

Our team owns the full lifecycle of advanced concept creation, from visionary early-stage designs and rapid prototyping to high-impact demonstrations and solving the toughest technical challenges in survivability, autonomy, and battle management. We seek curious, adaptable people who thrive on turning intuition into breakthrough solutions. If you’re driven to invent the future, build what’s next, and shape the landscape of national security, this is where you belong.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer or Principal Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer to join our team that supports our South Bay Vehicle Engineering organization. This position is in El Segundo, CA.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Define key subsystem-level requirements from high level aircraft and program requirements to define avionics hardware architectures according to customer specifications
• Flight control computers or vehicle management computers
• Flight control actuation systems (FCAS)
• Air data systems (ADS)
• IMU and GPS for Navigation
• Electrical power systems
• Interface with subject matter experts for receiving and management of information regarding other subsystems such as propulsion, hydraulics, fuel, etc.
• Perform technical planning, analysis, and hardware trade studies to meet requirements
• Coordinate and manage suppliers and hardware procurement
• Perform component hardware and software integration, and derive software requirements for control of flight-critical and safety-critical systems
• Develop and execute components, subsystem, and system level test procedures to verify functionality of the VMS hardware and software
• Coordinate with software engineers, subsystems/design engineers, hardware engineers, test and integration, suppliers, and systems engineering
• Investigate and resolve system anomalies across multiple engineering disciplines

This requisition may be filled at either the Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer level or the Principal Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer level, depending upon the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Vehicle Management Systems (VMS) Engineer: