Senior Survivability Engineer: EM/IR/RF Design & Testing

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 101,000 - 187,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking an Engineer or Principal Engineer – Survivability to join our team in California locations (Palmdale, San Diego, or El Segundo). The role covers multi‑discipline survivability design, modeling, and testing across EM/IR/VIS/Acoustic spectra with travel up to 25% and Secret clearance requirement.

Responsibilities include coordinating with designers, managing RCS/RF tests, and driving system integration and test activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience, OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM and 0 years of related engineering experience
• Fundamental understanding of Survivability principles (electromagnetic transmission through space and within materials, IR reflectance/emissivity and contrast, light or sound propagation)
• Experience in one or more Survivability sub‑disciplines across spectrums (RF, IR, Vis, Acoustic), including design and analysis, measurement, integration and test

Responsibilities

• Component- and system-level signature design, modeling, and analysis across EM/IR/VIS/Acoustic spectrums
• RF measurement / testing (Tiers 0–3)
• Liaison engineering and guidance for inspections, defect disposition and system assessments
• Material & Process development, testing, and application
• Mission systems design, integration and test
• Coordinate with designers to ensure survivability requirements compliance

Skills

Signature design

RF testing

Liaison engineering

Materials development

Mission systems design

Python programming

C/C++ scripting

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Tools

SENTRi

Knowbell

Saber

CATIA

NX

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking an Engineer or Principal Engineer – Survivability to join our team in California locations (Palmdale, San Diego, or El Segundo). The role covers multi‑discipline survivability design, modeling, and testing across EM/IR/VIS/Acoustic spectra with travel up to 25% and Secret clearance requirement.

Responsibilities include coordinating with designers, managing RCS/RF tests, and driving system integration and test activities.