Senior Principal Test Engineer

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. The Deployables Operating Unit is an organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products, is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. We are seeking a Senior Principal Test Engineer to support operations in our Goleta, CA facility. Reporting to the Operations Test Engineering Manager, the Senior Principal Test Engineer will be responsible for execution of test procedures, as well as performing post-test data processing and reporting to ensure product contractual and derived requirements. The qualified candidate will have ownership of their work through all phases of product development, production, testing, and integration supporting internal and external teams as required. Primary Responsibilities: Thermal vacuum testing subject matter expert Responsible for multiple thermal vacuum chambers operation, test execution, and maintenance/repairs Leadership of product testing, working in close collaboration with all parts of the Operating Unit for the test planning, coordinating, setup, execution, data reduction, test reporting, and post-data processing Leadership in integration of products to test tooling, software, equipment, and instrumentation Leadership in test data collection, post-test data review, reporting, and support test requirements verification Support technical writing to produce test documentation. Lead, participate, and present in internal and external (customer) reviews Accountable for management and tracking of multiple priorities while maintaining a focus towards common project goals of the program team, matrix organization, and customers Accountable to the Operating Unit Operations Test Engineering Manager for meeting the Operations Test Engineering safety, quality, delivery and cost expectations of internal and external customers within entire product value streams