Staff Electronics Communications Engineer
Northrop Grumman · San Diego, CA · 3 days ago
On-siteEngineering$177k–$266k/yrFull-time
About the role
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
- Leading the technical communication team to define, develop, and deliver communication system solutions that meet customer and business requirements.
- Managing the Earned Value Management System (EVMS) baseline for the program across both Operations and Development contracts.
- Managing the staffing profile for the team, including working with others, leads to negotiate the sharing of personnel resources across multiple program sites.
- Serving as the primary technical liaison with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders; present status reports, technical briefings, and milestone achievements.
- Executing the technical baseline of the program including managing the appropriate suppliers to ensure requirements are met on time.
- Leading Root Cause/Corrective Action investigations and other primary issue resolution plans in support of the Chief Engineer office.
- Cross functional activities among hardware, software, RF, signal processing, systems, and program management groups to ensure seamless integration.
- Proactively identifying and addressing risks and issues and bringing those items to appropriate engineering teams and program leadership.
- Providing oversight of program laboratories and aligning new capabilities into an enterprise system certification plan.
- Identifying opportunities for cost and schedule improvement and working with engineering teams to implement in accordance with approved program process.
- Providing hands-on support for risk reduction activities in our laboratory and production facilities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience.
- Experience working with Communications and Network subsystems, specifically Active Electronic Scanned Arrays (AESAs), line of sight datalinks, satellite ground stations, voice communication systems, and Cisco networking equipment.
- Experience integrating complex subsystems together, leveraging System Engineering best practices.
- Experience in working with operations community to gather feedback and requirements to ensure delivered systems are being effectively employed to meet customer needs.
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance.
Qualifications
- Earned Value Management System (EVMS) certified.
- Network training/certifications (Network+, Security+, CCNA, etc.).
- Familiarity with common industry standards related to communications and network-based systems, such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-232/422, Ethernet (IPv4/IPv6).
Skills
- Antenna theory and modulation/encoding schemes.
Benefits
- Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
- Discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay.
- Long Term Incentives.
Pay
Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00
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. Travel up to 25% may be required.