Sr. Principal Electronics Communications Engineer

About the role

This position can be located in Palmdale, CA, El Segundo, CA, or Rancho Bernardo, CA supporting our Avionics Integration Organization. The selected candidate will provide key engineering support for an electro-optical subsystem and will report directly to the subsystem engineering technical lead.

Responsibilities

• Installation, integration, test and troubleshooting of HW and SW in the field
• On-site lab and field support for test events
• Develop updates to technical manuals
• Cordination with ground HW, SW and networking teams to optimize subsystem performance
• Definition of support equipment (SE) requirements and provide guidance to the SE design team
• Sustaining engineering to maintain and improve hardware (HW), Software (SW), system maintainability/supportability, etc.
• Analysis of data for subsystem performance using MATLAB
• Generation and presentation of reports on subsystem performance to management and customers
• Resolution of squawks and other link anomalies
• Perform technical direction to suppliers as a member of the Supplier Management Team

Requirements

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. El Segundo, CA or Rancho Bernardo, CA may require Travel up to 25% may be required. Palmdale, CA may require up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience with electro-optical, sensors and/or communications systems, including development, test, production, integration and/or operations.
• Familiarity with systems engineering processes at the sub-system, system and system-of-systems levels.
• Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.