Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Hardware/Infrastructure Lead

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

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Hardware/Infrastructure Lead for the Rancho Bernardo team in California.

You will guide a cross‑functional group of cloud, datacenter, and infrastructure engineers across the full development lifecycle, delivering robust, secure hardware and IaaS solutions for critical programs. You will lead planning, coordinate with Product Owners, oversee design reviews, and mentor engineers while ensuring compliance, cost

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 8+ years of related engineering experience.
• Active US Government Top-Secret clearance.
• Experience leading a team.
• Hands-on experience with server, storage, virtualization, and networking.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid cloud.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional cloud, datacenter, and infrastructure engineers.
• Manage Jira project: lead scrums, plan sprints, and track progress.
• Maintain IT stack breadth: compute, storage, networking, virtualization, containers, observability.
• Develop staffing and content delivery plan per IFC roadmap.
• Translate customer requirements into hardware/infrastructure designs and IaaS plans.
• Define acceptance criteria with Product Owner and System Engineers.
• Participate in design reviews; author runbooks and test plans.
• Mentor team and ensure CM, change control, and traceability.
• Lead cost accounting, budgeting, and earned value management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

Cisco UCS Compute

NetApp ONTAP/StorageGrid

Cisco Nexus Networks

VMware virtualization (ESXi, vCenter, vSphere, NSX-T, Horizon)

Red Hat OpenShift

Microsoft Visio

Microsoft Office

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the TimeDescriptionAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Hardware/Infrastructure Lead, to join our team in Rancho Bernardo, Ca. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization.Roles and Responsibilities will include:Provide technical leadership and direction to a cross-functional team of cloud, datacenter, and infrastructure engineers.Manage the team’s Jira project: lead scrums, define sprint plans, track progress, and resolve priority conflicts.Maintain technical breadth across the datacenter and IT stack (compute, storage, networking, virtualization, containers, and observability).Develop and execute a staffing and content delivery plan per the IFC roadmap.Plan and release content for each IFC based on program milestones and technical dependencies.Coordinate with the Product Owner to groom the backlog, prioritize work, and align deliverables to program milestones and technical risk.Translate customer requirements into hardware, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Environment, Platform and Tenant design and delivery plans.Define and review acceptance criteria with Product Owner and System Engineers to ensure consistent implementation and verification.Participate in design and peer reviews; author technical design artifacts, runbooks, and test plans.Decompose complex technical issues into concise executive briefs for program leadership and decision-making.Provide hands-on mentorship, knowledge transfer, and technical oversight during solution implementation and integration.Ensure configuration management, change control, and traceability for hardware and infrastructure designs and deployments.Perform cost account planning, budgeting and earned value management.The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.Basic QualificationsBachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) 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 and 4 years of related engineering experience.Experience leading a teamHands on experience with server, storage, virtualization, and networking technologies in enterprise or defense datacenter environments.Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.Strong working knowledge of network fundamentals and security best practices for infrastructure.Proven ability to translate customer requirements into hardware/infrastructure designs, develop acceptance criteria, and produce technical documentation and runbooks.Familiarity with configuration management, change control, and compliance requirementsFamiliarity with earned value managementMust 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 clearanceMust have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.Preferred QualificationsCurrent applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.Certified Cost Account ManagerFamiliar with systems engineering practicesDemonstrated experience using Agile tools and processes (Jira, sprint planning, backlog grooming, scrum ceremonies).Experience with Microsoft Visio and other Office products to express engineering documentationKnowledge of Cisco UCS Compute, NetApp ONTAP/StorageGrid, Cisco Nexus Networks, VMware virtualization (ESXi, vCenter, vSphere, NSX-T, Horizon) and Red Hat OpenShiftExcellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management.Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.