Principal/Sr. Principal Flight Sciences Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: 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. 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  is seeking a  Principal Flight Sciences Engineer (Level 3)  OR  Senior Principal Flight Sciences Engineer (Level 4)  to join the  Vehicle Engineering Center of Technical Excellence . The Vehicle Engineering (VE) Center of Technical Excellence (CoTE) is positioned to drive robust and efficient vehicle development activities within the Aeronautics Systems (AS) Engineering organization by equipping our teams with the processes, tools, and technical training needed to succeed and grow.  Leaders within the VE CoTE team are at the heart of our relentless pursuit of engineering excellence, driving sustained improvement and ensuring that our technical capabilities stay ahead of emerging challenges and opportunities. The Vehicle Engineering CoTE organization is hiring a Flight Sciences (FS) Engineer with a background in one or more FS discipline areas.  The candidate will have a mechanical, electrical, aerospace, or software skillset ideally aligned to a technical background in Mass Properties or another FS discipline, such as Loads & Dynamics, Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC), Vehicle Management Systems (VMS), Aerodynamics, Performance, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Configuration, or Propulsion. The candidate will perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, and requirements allocation studies to translate customer, product or derived requirements into hardware and software specification requirements.  These activities will be conducted in collaboration with Mass Properties engineers and other technical leaders within the FS communities of practice.  The candidate will be required to analyze and understand aircraft configurations and flight conditions to develop processes and related tools to characterize system behavior – tools utilized may include solid modeling tools, database tools, and/or custom applications. The candidate will provide technical expertise on Mass Properties or another FS discipline area, advising and partnering with program engineering teams to drive execution efficiencies.  As such, the ideal candidate is a proactive, self-starter that can achieve results with minimal direction, possessing strong people,