Sr. Principal Electronics Communications Engineer

About the role

This position supports the Avionics Integration Organization within Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems. It requires a Sr. Principal Electronics Communications Engineer to provide key engineering support for an electro-optical subsystem.

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
• Define support equipment (SE) requirements and provide guidance to the SE design team
• Perform 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 risk management, issue tracking, and opportunity identification
• Maintain baseline system documents, such as ICDs and specifications
• Provide technical direction to suppliers as a member of the Supplier Management Team

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM 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
• 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
• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Qualifications

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Skills

• Self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct

Benefits

• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

Pay

The primary level salary range for this position is $142,200.00 - $213,400.00. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Schedule

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.