Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Palmdale, CA is seeking an experienced engineer to lead requirements management, system integration and test activities for payload systems. The role requires handling DOORS-based specifications, MBSE tools, and cross-functional guidance.

Selected candidate will work full-time on-site at our facility, with travel up to 25%. A Top Secret clearance and ability to obtain SCI and SAP clearances are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher in STEM with 8+ years of related engineering experience; or Master’s with 6+ years; or PhD with 4+ years.
• Experience in integrating payload systems and managing requirements.
• Experience with requirements traceability and DOORS workflows.
• Familiarity with MBSE tools (DOORS, Cameo, MagicDraw).
• Active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (or eligibility).
• Ability to obtain/maintain SCI and SAP clearances.

Responsibilities

• Manage requirements, system integration, test plan development, and test execution for payload systems.
• Develop statements of work, specs, and interface control documents; monitor schedules.
• Perform trades, modeling, and simulations for mission concepts across subsystems.
• Develop lab test procedures and validate test results; document anomalies.
• Configure RF/network testbeds and reproduce operational environments.
• Troubleshoot hardware/software integration across RF and baseband stacks.
• Support lab readiness: test fixtures, calibration records, test scripts, and reports.

Skills

Requirements management

System integration

Test planning

Test execution

MBSE

DOORS

Cameo

MagicDraw

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

DOORS

Cameo

MagicDraw

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

At 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.

Roles And Responsibilities Will Include

• Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system throughout the entire development, demonstration, and test phases.
• Understand all system requirements, develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents, prepare, monitor and update program schedules, conduct and participate in all related 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 (including air vehicles, payloads, ground segments, mission planning, CONOPS, DRM, system security, and interfaces)
• Develop, execute, and document lab test procedures and validation plans (including signal chaining, link budgets, interference checks, and pass/fail criteria) and capture test results and anomalies
• Configure and operate RF and network testbeds/emulators (including channel emulators, attenuators, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and protocol/network simulators) 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 for stakeholders

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 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) 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, etc.)
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Presenting analysis that shapes the system design and obtaining end-customer buy-in
• Creating and refining Model Based System Engineering products (System behavioral models, Use Case realizations, State Machines, etc.)
• Capability assessments to predict requirement compliance
• Generating and reporting system Technical Performance Measures
• Interface development and documentation

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

• 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.
• 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.

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.