Senior Principal Hardware Engineer – F-35, Flexible Hours

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Computer Hardware Engineer to join the F-35 Mission Systems team in Redondo Beach, CA.

You will design, build, and maintain computer hardware racks and workstations used by the F-35 software developers to accomplish their software delivery tasks. Requirements include STEM degrees with 5+ years of related experience, Linux administration, and experience with networking gear.

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.
• Experience constructing and maintaining computer hardware racks and workstations for unclassified and classified environments.
• Experience with software loading and administration of racked systems; knowledge of Linux system administration.

Responsibilities

• Build rack-mounted and workstation HPE systems per project requirements.
• Design, construct, and maintain racks with HPE systems, switches, firewalls, and peripherals.
• Design and implement safe networking strategies between enterprise and F-35 project networks.
• Load and configure all rack systems and developer workstations per requirements.
• Produce drawings of the F-35 developer network and investigate/install other software as needed.

Skills

US government clearance

Linux administration

Rack hardware design

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s STEM degree

Master’s STEM degree

PhD in STEM

Tools

HPE servers

Network switches

Firewalls

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Principal/Sr. Principal Computer Hardware Engineer to join the F-35 Mission Systems team in Redondo Beach, CA.

You will design, build, and maintain computer hardware racks and workstations used by the F-35 software developers to accomplish their software delivery tasks. Requirements include STEM degrees with 5+ years of related experience, Linux administration, and experience with networking gear.