Aeronautical Engineer / Principal Aeronautical Engineer - Integration
Quick Summary
Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering,
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Aeronautical Engineer / Principal Aeronautical Engineer - Integration to join the team of qualified individuals. Position is located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.
Drive real-world impact by integrating advanced aeronautical systems across complex, multi-network environments supporting mission-critical outcomes. Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to solve end-to-end integration challenges while growing your skills through mentorship, cutting-edge tools, and continuous learning. Join a friendly, supportive team where you can innovate, contribute, and build your career.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.
Responsibilities
~1 min read- →Assisting software development personnel with investigating and resolving issues
- →Develop configurations to support testing and prototyping of developing systems
- →Develop troubleshooting procedures and work-around documents
- →Review and provide feedback on system specifications, development, test, and network documents as necessary, and represent the Integration team
- →Working knowledge of virtualized environments and software testing
- →Work in development, lab, and operational environments. Ensuring integration and testing of components in complex system are happening in the appropriate environment.
- →Perform integration and troubleshooting of software components across multiple networks interfacing with customer SMEs. Ensure that through documentation is created and maintained to allow others to integrate in the future.
- →Facilitate collaboration with software developers, system engineers, hardware engineers, and integration/test engineers to diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events.
We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.
Requirements
~3 min read- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering, OR a Master's degree AND 0 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering.
- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering, OR a Master's degree AND 3 years of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering, OR a Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience to include a background in engineering.
- Must have an active US Government clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
- Experience in system test, software integration, software development, and/or systems engineering, including hands-on testing and integration of software and hardware in Linux and Windows environments.
- Experience using formal software development life cycle methodologies from requirements through test.
- Familiarity with software network interfaces.
- Ability to obtain CompTIA Security+ certification.
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Working knowledge of software network interfaces.
- Experience in automation of installation, configuration and test.
- Experience in Agile methodologies. Agile Systems Engineering Experience.
- Demonstrated communication and technical writing skills.
- Experience with Confluence and JIRA.
- Experience with scripting languages (developing, debugging and maintaining).
- Security+ Certified
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- September 14, 2026
- First seen
- October 5, 2026
- Last seen
- October 6, 2026
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- October 6, 2026
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