Staff Nuclear Hardness & Survivability Systems Engineer

About the role

The position will be located in Melbourne, Florida. As part of the Nuclear Hardness and Survivability (NH&S) team, the Ionizing Radiation Lead will have a unique opportunity to support design and mitigation strategies to develop and field a survivable weapon system with operational requirements involving the following nuclear threat environments: Electromagnetic Pulse, Ionizing Radiation, Thermal Radiation, Air-Blast and Radiological exposure.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Ionizing Radiation Hardening Effort Throughout the Engineering & Manufacturing Development and Production & Deployment Phases of the Program
• Provide expertise including the following:
• Generating weapon system design criteria supported by design analysis, modeling & simulation, equipment and system-level trade studies, system integration, piece-part, component, equipment, and system test artifacts.
• Developing system-level NH&S Design Analysis Reports (DAR) and nuclear hardness system test plans and reports documenting equipment compliance and weapon system certification.
• Preparing and presenting Nuclear Survivability engineering artifacts supporting requirements compliance and weapon system performance traceability throughout Design Reviews.
• Lead and execute the analysis and/or evaluation/validation of components, equipment, subsystems, or weapon system analytical models and actual system implementation for weapons compliance to operationally relevant nuclear threat environments.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and resulting Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE) of DoD and commercial systems.
• Technical planning, specification requirements derivation, test and analysis, design, planning and execution, documentation, and requirements/validation supporting overall system compliance.
• Experience with electrical circuit rad-hard design including piece-part screening, analysis, modeling, and test of component and systems for radiation environment compliance i.e. prompt dose rate, total ionizing dose, neutron displacement damage, neutron induced upset, single event effects.
• Experience with electrical circuit and/or system level design and test.
• Knowledge of Circumvention & Recovery techniques for component, circuit, equipment subsystems compliance and weapon system level probabilistic performance assessments during pre/trans and post nuclear weapon environment exposure.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with rad-hard requirements and design mitigation strategies.
• Experience working with other Federal agencies, industry, National and/or Service Laboratories & Test facilities.
• Represent Northrop Grumman Corporation as a technical expert for the Program and with DoD customers.

Qualifications

• T05: Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 12 years of experience in engineering; OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of experience in engineering; OR PhD in a STEM discipline with 7 years of experience in engineering.
• Must have an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams across geographically dispersed locations.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills to present data and recommendations to internal and external customers.
• Nuclear Command, Control & Communication weapon system survivability design experience.
• Analysis experience with radiation environments including man-made and natural space environment.
• Analysis experience in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Testability (RAMT) including probabilistic risk assessment as applicable to semiconductor TREE susceptibilities.
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following standards and handbooks:
• DODI 3150.09
• MIL-STD-1766
• AFWL-TR-86-26
• MIL-STD-464
• MIL-STD-3023
• MIL-STD-2169
• DO-160
• MIL-B-5087
• DNA-2048H-1
• MIL-STD-883
• MIL-STD-750
• JEDEC JESD89
• MIL-HDBK-814
• MIL-HDBK-815
• MIL-HDBK-816
• IEC 62396-1/-5
• SAE AIR6219

Skills

• Experience and/or familiarity with the following engineering software/tools:
• COMSOL
• ANSYS
• CST
• Feko
• Cadence/Spice
• Mathworks MATLAB
• PtC MathCad
• Wolfram Mathematica
• NX
• Siemens Teamcenter
• CAMEO

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.
• In addition, 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

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00

Schedule

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)