Principal Engineer Electronics - Payloads (San Diego CA)

ngc; San Diego (CA); Sur place; USD 114 000 - 171 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in San Diego seeks a Principal Engineer Electronics - Payloads to join our team. The role is on-site with travel up to 10% and requires leading payloads subsystem engineering, testing readiness, and defect analysis across programs.

Candidates should have a STEM degree with related engineering experience, strong systems integration capabilities, and the ability to coordinate with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience with payload systems development and integration.
• Strong technical development and systems integration background.
• Experience managing external suppliers and contracts.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret SCI clearance or eligibility.

Responsabilités

• Provide engineering support for a payloads subsystem across program lifecycle.
• Coordinate testing, readiness reviews, and defect analysis with cross-functional teams.
• Support system checkout, test planning, and anomaly coordination with engineers and suppliers.

Connaissances

Payload systems

Technical development

Supplier management

Security clearance

Formation

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Description du poste

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal Engineer Electronics - Payloads to join our team in San Diego, CA and will be primarily based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs.

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 10% may be required.

The selected candidate will provide key engineering support for a payloads subsystem and will report directly to the subsystem engineering technical lead and program manager.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• Meeting support responsibilities include readiness reviews, site specific training, test briefs and debriefs, security and coordination with test directors.
• Post-test support responsibilities include review, analysis and defect investigation of test logs, and validation of test data files, hardware and software troubleshooting on the platform and defect duplication and analysis in a lab.
• Pre-test support responsibilities include support and checkout of the system, including but not limited to test planning activities to ensure that test objectives are achieved, and results remain within operational specifications of the subsystem.

Responsibilities will also include coordination of anomalies with engineering and supplier Subject Matter Experts. This includes review of service bulletins, training for new software upgrades, review of new NG and supplier generated Discrepancy Reports and tracking existing Discrepancy Reports as new analyses become available.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1years of related engineering experience.
• Practical experience working with payload systems.
• Technical development and systems integration experience.
• Experience with managing suppliers.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret SCI Security Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Special Access Program access
• Supplier Management Experience
• Practical experience working with other payload systems in addition to EW systems.
• Experience leading cross-discipline teams
• Experience serving as a proposal estimator
• Experience in technical writing such as tech volumes & white paper

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. 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.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.