Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics - Avionics Deputy Lead

Relocation assistance may be available. This position requires an active Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed within the last 6 years) with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance. Travel is required, up to 25% of the time.

About the role

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.

Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This onsite position is located in Melbourne, FL.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Avionics Deputy Lead with in-depth knowledge of Avionics for mission processing, personnel, and operations management.
• Perform Control Account Management (CAM) duties.
• Coordinate with technical leadership in a cross-functional Integrated Program Team (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical objectives.
• Serve as Designated Operational Authority (DOA) for programmatic and technical meetings, presentations, and reviews.
• Drive to completion Avionics preparation for System Engineering Technical Reviews (SETR) events with the customer.
• Develop and deliver presentations to customers, management, and other program stakeholders.
• Interpret, allocate, tailor, write, and flow down requirements to all levels of a system architecture.
• Analyze and review trade studies, document subsystem architectures, analyze performance, and evaluate Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future product offerings.
• Manage completion of document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams, and specifications.
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to ensure effective integration of avionics subsystems to meet platform mission objectives.
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration, and test support.
• Build supplier evaluation criteria and conduct technical evaluations, documenting results and selection.
• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university and 6 years of related professional/military experience.
• Active Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed within the last 6 years) with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Demonstrated experience in the integration and testing of aircraft flight deck/mission Avionics systems and components, including Position, Navigation, and Timing, Flight Displays & Controls, and other various avionics systems.
• Demonstrated experience with supplier/subcontract management, working on a multidisciplinary team, and/or writing technical proposals.
• Experience with Earned Value Management.
• Experience with Risk and Opportunity Management.
• Experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems.
• Experience in COTS/MIL-COTS hardware functional design and performance analysis.
• Experience with trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) regarding supplier current and future product offerings.
• Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, JIRA, Confluence, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels.
• Experience leading/guiding teams through product definition and implementation.
• Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated proposal, budget & scheduling proficiency, and business acumen.
• Experience collaborating on large interdisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance.
• Master’s or Ph.D. Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or an MBA.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Pilot Certification (Commercial, Test Pilot school graduate).
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. 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.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.