EMI/EMC Systems Engineer Lead – Top Secret

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer (E3) to lead electromagnetic environmental effects engineering across aerospace programs. You will plan, integrate, verify, and validate E3 solutions and translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

You will guide design guidelines, EMI/EMC analyses, grounding schemes, and EMC interfaces while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to E3 capability growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8+ years of relevant experience, or higher degrees with fewer years.
• Active US Government Secret or higher clearance with BI within 6 years or in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain SAP clearance.
• Experience with MIL STD 461 and MIL STD 464.
• At least 1 year in RF, test, or design engineering.
• System requirements development and decomposition with traceability.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for E3 engineering across complex aerospace systems.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification, and validation.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Develop E3 design guidelines; create models and analyses using EMI/EMC principles.
• Lead grounding schemes, shielding, EMI filters, and interface circuitry for EMC.
• Prepare E3 test procedures and reviews; support cross-discipline design reviews.
• Develop E3 tests per MIL standards; drive corrective actions to closure.
• Mentor junior E3 engineers and grow E3 capability within the organization.

Skills

Active security clearance

RF/test/design engineering

System requirements development

MIL STD 461/464 experience

Education

Bachelors of Science in STEM

Master's Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

HFSS

CST

SPICE-based tools

MIL STD 461/464 tooling

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL seeks a Senior Principal Systems Engineer (E3) to lead electromagnetic environmental effects engineering across aerospace programs. You will plan, integrate, verify, and validate E3 solutions and translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

You will guide design guidelines, EMI/EMC analyses, grounding schemes, and EMC interfaces while mentoring junior engineers and contributing to E3 capability growth.