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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.

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