Senior Principal Electronics Engineer - TS Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 154,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an on-site engineer to represent the organization for communications, networks and payload subsystems. You will relay complex technical issues to site leadership, the DAC, FOBs and Responsible Engineers, and troubleshoot using system knowledge.

Training lasts about six months at multiple US locations with a final assignment in Jacksonville, FL. This role is full-time on-site, with a 9/80 schedule initially, transitioning to 12-hour shifts and up to 10% travel.

Qualifications

• T03: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years 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.
• T04: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related engineering experience.
• Must have an active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access.
• Must have the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program clearance (SAP).
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 IAT Level II (or higher) certified (e.g., CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, CISSP).
• Competence in Linux, troubleshooting, engineering documents, tools and equipment
• Familiarity with payloads operations or comms/networking operations

Responsibilities

• Representing the organization as the on-site engineer for communications, networks, and payload subsystems.
• Applying system knowledge to communicate complex technical issues to local site leadership, the DAC, FOBs, and Responsible Engineers (REs).
• Under direction of the DAC as system Technical Authority, reviewing and analyzing engineering schematics, NGC and supplier design data, and functional test artifacts to troubleshoot system issues.
• Acting as liaison for internal Northrop Grumman engineering teams to ensure repeated success, providing redlines to procedures when necessary.
• Providing real time support to flight operations and addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR, airborne recorder, and link16 to include fault isolation, remediation, and resolution.
• Following priorities set by local site leadership, perform system performance evaluations and assist with trend analysis as needed for REs.
• Interact with local site leadership and Government customers on technical matters; coordinate between organizations and confirm Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) are in place for required work.
• Perform nominal recovery procedures and provide immediate feedback to Government Mission Payload Operators (MPOs) during sorties.
• Assist Government Air Vehicle Operators (AVOs) with Main Operating Base comms (voice), networks, and other AVO interfaces.
• Capture relevant information from shift logs, perform hotwash after sorties, and deliver pass-down to ongoing support team.
• Attain and employ expertise across all supported sensor and communications systems

Skills

Linux

Troubleshooting

Engineering docs

Tools & equipment

Payload ops

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Network analyzers

Spectrum analyzers

Signal generators

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking an on-site engineer to represent the organization for communications, networks and payload subsystems. You will relay complex technical issues to site leadership, the DAC, FOBs and Responsible Engineers, and troubleshoot using system knowledge.

Training lasts about six months at multiple US locations with a final assignment in Jacksonville, FL. This role is full-time on-site, with a 9/80 schedule initially, transitioning to 12-hour shifts and up to 10% travel.