Sr Principal Engineer Electronics (Level 4)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems seeks a Staff Electronics Engineer – Hardware and Ground Segment Integration Lead in San Diego, CA. You will guide the ground segment control, diagnose anomalies, and coordinate with suppliers to maintain mission readiness.

The role requires a STEM degree with extensive engineering experience and an active DoD Secret clearance. You will act as a technical bridge across teams, managing testing, integration, and sustainment artifacts for system upgrades.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of engineering exp in STEM fields.
• Hands-on software development, integration and testing experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance required (Top Secret possible).

Responsibilities

• Coordinate hardware/software integration efforts with suppliers.
• Lead ground segment control deficiencies investigations and testing.
• Interface across organizations to ensure hardware/software baselines are met.
• Guide cross-enterprise troubleshooting for lab, enterprise, and fielded setups.
• Prepare updates to system with major hardware/software suppliers.

Skills

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

8 years of related engineering exp

Agile

JIRA

Confluence

Programming and scripting languages

Aerospace Ground System architecture

Engineering Drawings

DoD Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Relocation & Clearance

Relocation assistance may be available; Clearance required for start: Yes; Clearance type: Secret; Travel: Yes, 25% of the time.

About the Role

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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Staff Electronics Engineer – Hardware and ground segment Integration Lead to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. This position will support the RQ‑4B program. This candidate will be responsible for supporting the ground system Under the USAF TEAM supporting the Mission Systems Ground Segment Control Integrated (IPT). She or he will demonstrate the capability to independently diagnose, isolate, and resolve ground segment‑related anomalies within the GHSC environment, without reliance on external engineering reach‑back ensuring minimal operational downtime and sustained mission readiness. While also providing cross‑enterprise troubleshooting support to NATO engineering teams to resolve complex integration issues impacting lab, enterprise, and fielded configurations. Acting as a technical bridge across organizations to ensure hardware and software, and infrastructure baselines. This candidate will be the technical lead and primary interface for the Ground Segment Control supporting deficiency investigations, development, integration, testing, and sustainment artifacts for updates to the system with a major Hardware and software supplier.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinating the efforts of the Hardware supplier for software programs and efforts and seeing projects through from start to finish.
• Coordinate with the subcontracts management team, systems engineering, supplier quality assurance representatives, safety engineers, cyber team, test team, logistics engineers, cost account manager, and scheduler.
• Monitor and advise on critical dependencies intercedences for Ground segment and implementation integration
• Coordinating and managing the execution of all phases of Ground Segment and minor software integration performance, including planning, new capability development, testing, deliveries, deployment, and sustainment.
• Reviewing supplier and hardware and software product documentation
• Reporting hardware upgrades and software supplier status to upper management.

Basic Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’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 with 4 years of related engineering experience. Must have experience with software development, integration, and testing to include Agile, JIRA, Confluence programs Must have experience with programming and scripting languages is required but other associate skills can work Must have experience working with aerospace Ground System architecture Must have experience in creating Engineering Drawings Familiarity with full hardware integration and Software Development Life Cycles Must have familiarity with Prime and supplier hardware and ground Segment Control proposal development including technical evaluations of supplier proposals. Must have Experience in conducting system audits Must have an active DoD Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing hardware and Software related issues with supplier-based interaction as part of a Government/DOD contract Experience with government acquisition related to hardware and software development, and sustainment activities CAM/EV experience is beneficial.

Salary & Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00. The 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.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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.

Citizenship Requirement

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Company Culture

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.