Principal / Sr Principal Mission Management Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Melbourne (KY); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal or Senior Principal Mission Management Equipment Engineer (Equipment Responsible) to join our Avionics Organization in Melbourne, Florida, onsite. The position focuses on mission processing hardware and software, data storage, and the development, integration, testing, and certification of related requirements.

You will perform requirements flow-down, design data storage solutions, conduct trade studies, manage suppliers, and coordinate with

Qualifications

• Must have a STEM degree and related engineering experience.
• Experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems.
• Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools.
• Active clearance with ability to obtain higher clearance.

Responsibilities

• Interpret and flow down requirements across system architectures.
• Design data storage solutions and perform hardware integration and testing.
• Conduct analyses, performance estimates and TRL evaluations.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to meet platform mission objectives.

Skills

COTS integration

System modeling

Requirements management

Clearance handling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Cameo

DOORS

Rhapsody

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

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.

Job Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Principal/ Sr Principal Mission Management (Equipment Responsible) Engineerto join the team of qualified individuals on our Avionics Organization. This position is located onsite in Melbourne, Florida.

The Mission Management Equipment Engineer in this role must possess in-depth knowledge of computers and electronics for mission processing and data storage and experience in the definition, design, integration, test, and certification of related hardware and software requirements and will be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Interpret, allocate, tailor, write and flow down requirements to all levels of a system architecture

• Design and develop data storage solutions, perform hardware integration and testing, and requirements analysis

• Perform analyses and estimate performance of components, subsystems and systems in accordance with governmental and commercial standards.

• Trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings

• Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications

• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate mission management subsystems to meet platform mission objectives

• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support

• Developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work

• Building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection

• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews

A successful Mission Management Equipment Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.

Basic Qualifications:

Principal Mission Management Equipment Engineer:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

• Must have experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems

• Must have experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels

• At minimum, an active U.S.Government Secret Clearance Secret is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs

Sr. Principal Mission Management Equipment Engineer:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

• Must have experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems

• Must have experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels

• At minimum, an active U.S.Government Secret Clearance Secret is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain Top Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience working with a Data at Rest (DAR) product certified to government standards, such as NSA Type-1, Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) or NIST FIPS 140-3

• Possess a data storage industry certification such as SNIA SCSP, Netapp NCDA, Dell/EMC DCA or similar

• Possess a DODD 8570 certification, such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or similar network/security certifications

• Experience architecting physical and logical storage systems to meet capacity, reliability, and workload-dependent performance requirements

• Experience deploying network attached storage systems, to include configuring mount points, exports, ACLs and permissions for heterogeneous client systems

• Experience developing backup and recovery strategies, to include snapshot and replication scheduling, disaster recovery and business continuity planning to meet RTO and RPO objectives

• Experience with Linux or Unix-based operating systems

• Basic scripting experience (e.g. Bash, Python)

• An active Top Secret clearance

Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

The 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.