Staff Pilot Test

Responsibilities

• Provides test pilot expertise to assigned programs; technology/research efforts to ensure man-machine interface issues and requirements are identified for new or modified aircraft designs
• Develops and executes test flights on aircraft to verify airworthiness and performance capability; validates and verifies compliance with specifications and determines operational effectiveness and/or suitability
• Partners with Flight Ops Manager and Engineering team to ensure test team is conducting safe and effective ground and flight test operations
• Collaborates with customer pilots
• Engages with program IPTs and REs to ensure air vehicle and ground station designs/modifications are effective and suitable
• Provides test pilot inputs at FRR, TRRs and SRBs ensuring safe conduct of all NGAS flight test missions
• Ensures best practices and lessons learned are shared with other program pilots
• Provides engineering test pilot expertise and safety guidance to flight test engineers for design definition, simulator flights, test planning, flight test techniques, test conduct, test reporting and proposal preparation
• Provides pilot inputs into development of preliminary flight manuals and aircrew checklists
• Maintains proficiencies and currencies
• Promotes active involvement in flight test professional societies and industry forums; fully supports Test Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Flight Test Safety Summit

Requirements

• Successfully complete initial and recurrent training and qualifications as a basis for continued employment
• Travel may be required up to 10% of the time

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree plus 12 years of related experience OR Master’s plus 10 years of related experience OR PhD plus 9 years of related experience
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain the appropriate medical clearance(s), as defined per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain all training qualifications, as needed per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment
• Must have an active US Government secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
• FAA commercial Multi Engine instrument rated pilot
• Current FAA Class II Medical or higher
• Military Test Pilot School (TPS) Graduate
• Experience in flight testing, with ability to work with engineering to develop solutions to integration issues, and to bridge between the customer users and Northrop Grumman designers

Benefits

• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results
• Discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
• Long Term Incentives
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business