Field Engineer OR Principal Field Engineer (F-35 Product Support 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 and 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 Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Field Engineer (T02) or Principal Field Engineer (T03) as an F-35 Product Support Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is located in Fort Worth, Texas, in support of the F-35 Lightning II Program.

This position will report to the F-35 Supportable Low Observables (SLO) and Field Engineering Manager and will be a key member of the F-35 Product Support Engineering Integration & Execution (EI&E) team. The candidate will serve as Northrop Grumman’s technical interface and on-site company representative to the customer, providing sustaining engineering support to resolve issues arising from operations, maintenance, modifications, and other logistics and engineering support activities involving F-35 aircraft systems, including air, vehicle, structures, Supportable Low Observables (SLO), and support equipment, within established engineering guidelines.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a self-starter who can work effectively without direct supervision.
• Integrate into a high-tempo work environment supporting F-35 aircraft operations and maintenance.
• Identify technical issues and recommend solutions to support the F-35 engineering disposition process.
• Provide engineering and aircraft/equipment maintenance guidance to military and civilian maintainers, depot technicians, and engineers.
• Conduct analysis on pending engineering changes and monitor system performance indicators to identify emerging failure trends.
• Utilize technical and engineering data to perform problem analysis at the subsystem level.
• Manage and track engineering and logistics support activities, providing periodic status updates to customers and the program management team.
• Research, develop, and disseminate activity reports, Urgent Field Notices, and other engineering products.
• Provide on-site support at F-35 operational locations as requested by the customer, site manager, or program management.
• Support program technical interchange meetings and development of program plans.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and communication skills while engaging regularly with multiple engineering disciplines, Field Support Engineers, military personnel, and other contractors.
• Work any shift, including weekends, overtime, and holidays, if necessary. Travel on Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY) may also be required to support F-35 program requirements.

Basic Qualifications

• (T02)Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) and 2 years of applicable experience, or a master’s degree with no years of applicable experience.
• (T03)Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) and 5 years of applicable experience; or a master’s degree with 3 years of applicable experience; or a PhD with no years of experience.
• Must have an active Department of Defense (DOD) Secret or higher-level security clearance.
• Must be able to support a 4/10 work schedule, with the ability to work additional shifts, weekends, overtime, and holidays, if necessary.
• Must be willing and able to travel on business to support F-35 program requirements.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with F-35 aircraft and support equipment.
• Field service or prior military experience.
• Experience maintaining or supporting fifth-generation or low-observable (LO) aircraft.
• Experience with advanced composites, airframe repair, and corrosion repair.
• Previous access to Special Access Programs.
• Experience interfacing with diverse teams of contractors, military customers, and depot management.
• Working knowledge of engineering tools such as CATIA, VAS, and PDM.
• Working knowledge of F-35 applications such as QADS, ALIS, CMMS, CRM, and JDL.