Senior Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer (TS)

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. The role is on-site with no remote option; travel up to 25% may be required.

You will lead requirements management, system integration, and test activities for payload systems across development stages. Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in a STEM field with 8/6/4+ years experience is required, along with active TS clearance and ability to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Practical experience working with integrating payload systems
• Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system
• Generation and update of specifications in DOORS, including requirements traceability and dxl script development
• Familiarity with Systems Engineering tools and MBSE applications (e.g. DOORs, Cameo, Magicdraw)
• Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Responsibilities

• Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system throughout the development, demonstration, and test phases.
• Develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents, monitor and update program schedules, conduct and participate in design reviews, and provide technical guidance to the cross-functional team.
• Perform subsystem trades, analysis of alternatives, modeling, and simulation for mission effects, data, or capabilities for air vehicles, payloads, ground segments, mission planning, CONOPS, DRM, system security, and interfaces.
• Develop, execute, and document lab test procedures and validation plans and capture test results and anomalies.
• Configure and operate RF and network testbeds/emulators to reproduce operational environments; troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues across RF front end, digital baseband, modem stacks, and network interfaces.
• Support configuration management and lab readiness: maintain test fixtures, instrumentation calibration records, test scripts, version control for test artifacts, and produce concise technical reports.

Skills

Requirements management

System integration

Test plan development

Test execution

DOORS / requirements tracing

MBSE tools (DOORs, Cameo, MagicDraw)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

MagicDraw

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. The role is on-site with no remote option; travel up to 25% may be required.

You will lead requirements management, system integration, and test activities for payload systems across development stages. Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in a STEM field with 8/6/4+ years experience is required, along with active TS clearance and ability to