Principal Survivability Engineer — Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 125,300 - 234,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in California seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our team. The role involves cutting-edge survivability design across RF, IR, visual and acoustic spectrums, with responsibilities in modeling, testing, and system integration at Palmdale or San Diego, CA.

The candidate will coordinate with design and supportability teams, develop advanced technologies to reduce detectability, and manage test campaigns from planning to reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline with 5+ years of related engineering experience or Master’s with 3+ years or PhD with 1+ year.
• Senior Principal: 8+ years with B.S. or 6+ years with M.S. or 4+ years with PhD.
• Strong understanding of survivability principles and spectrum domains (RF/IR/Vis/Acoustic).
• Experience across sub-disciplines: design, measurement, integration and test, liaison engineering.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with designers and maintainability engineers for Survivability requirements.
• Develop and integrate technologies to reduce system detectability.
• Design, plan and execute RF/RC tests (Tier 0–3) and report results.
• Analyze test data and provide recommendations on materials and capabilities.
• Coordinate with suppliers on requirements, SOWs, and testing.

Skills

Survivability principles

RF/IR/Vis/Akoustic knowledge

System design & analysis

Test integration & liaison engineering

Programming/scripting (Python, C/C++,/

Education

B.S. in STEM

M.S. in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

CAD tools (CATIA, NX)

RCS/Knowbell/Saber tools

Matlab

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in California seeks a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our team. The role involves cutting-edge survivability design across RF, IR, visual and acoustic spectrums, with responsibilities in modeling, testing, and system integration at Palmdale or San Diego, CA.

The candidate will coordinate with design and supportability teams, develop advanced technologies to reduce detectability, and manage test campaigns from planning to reporting.