About This Role
This engineering role focuses on integrating airborne communications systems to enable real-time coordination and reliable communication across various forces. The position involves requirements development, system design, testing, and troubleshooting, requiring strong leadership skills and technical rigor.
Responsibilities
- Integrate airborne communications systems and components to enable real-time coordination and reliable communication between ground, air, space and naval forces
- Develop, analyze, mature, and implement requirements
- Design, analyze, configure, test, document, and troubleshoot communications systems
- Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams, and specifications
- Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate Line of Sight (LOS) and Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) subsystems to meet platform mission objectives
- Provide technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration, and test support
- Perform informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements
- Bring up concerns, issues, and risks to program and technical leadership
- Hold the team to a high level of technical rigor
Requirements
- For Principal Electronics Engineer (T03): Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
- For Electronics Engineer (T02): Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
- Active DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed within the last 6 years)
- Ability to obtain Top-Secret clearance
Nice to have:
- Active Top Secret clearance
- Familiarity with electromagnetics in the RF spectrum
- Familiarity with Line-of-Sight and Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications technology
- Familiarity with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
- Experience with supplier/subcontract management
- Experience with scheduling engineering activities
- Experience with Agile development
- Control Account Management (CAM) certification or Earned Value Management System (EVMS) experience
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
- Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results
- Eligibility for Long Term Incentives for employees in Vice President or Director positions
Important Details
- Relocation assistance: may be available
- Clearance required for start: Yes, Interim Top Secret
- Travel: 25% of the Time
- Application period: estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date, may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and candidate availability
About the Company
At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives globally. The company has been at the forefront of technological advancements in the nation's history, from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean to stealth bombers and landing on the moon. Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is developing cutting-edge technology for multi-domain information analysis, fusion, and distribution into command-and-control systems.
