Principal Electronics Networking Engineer – TS Clearance

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 92,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks an Electronics/Principal Electronics Networking Engineer in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. This role is within the Avionics Integration Organization and involves designing, deploying, and supporting secure network infrastructures with no remote work option.

Applicants should have DoD Top Secret clearance, IAT Level II cert, and experience with TCP/IP networks, Cisco gear, and lab-based integration tasks. Travel up to 25% is possible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 2 years related engineering experience; or a Master’s in STEM with required experience.
• Principal Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s with 5 years or Master with 3 years; or PhD with 1 year.
• DoD 8140 IAT Level II compliant certification within a reasonable time after hire.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and support network infrastructure components (Routers/Switches/Firewalls).
• Monitor and optimize network performance and documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex network issues and support incident response.
• Develop automated deployments for datacenter system configurations.
• Collaborate with engineers to install and update procedures.
• Work with engineers and technicians in a lab environment.
• Provide lab support for software integration and end-to-end communication.
• Make network changes to improve system architecture and fix bugs.

Skills

TCP/IP

IPv4 addressing

Subnetting

VLANs

Routing protocols

Security concepts

IAT Level II awareness

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Network design

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Visio

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Nexus switches

ACI Fabrics

Catalyst switches

VMware NSX

Kubernetes

Jira

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks an Electronics/Principal Electronics Networking Engineer in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. This role is within the Avionics Integration Organization and involves designing, deploying, and supporting secure network infrastructures with no remote work option.

Applicants should have DoD Top Secret clearance, IAT Level II cert, and experience with TCP/IP networks, Cisco gear, and lab-based integration tasks. Travel up to 25% is possible.