Staff Electronics Engineer & Engineering Architect Lead

Northrop Grumman; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Discretionary bonus

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff Electronics Engineer – Engineering Architect Lead to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. The role leads a team of data center architects, drafters, and SMT leads to develop implementation strategy and engineering documentation for upgrades and deliveries.

The ideal candidate has hands-on electronics, systems or aerospace engineering experience, excels at cross-organizational collaboration, and can obtain the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 9 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience leading cross-functional technical teams.
• Hands‑on experience in electronics engineering, systems engineering and/or aerospace engineering.
• Proven ability to effectively work across multiple organizations, geographic locations, and levels to form teams, gain internal support, act with speed, and make tough decisions.
• 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 and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee a team of architects, engineers, drafters, and SMT leads.
• Capture project statement of work & requirements for upcoming upgrades and installations.
• Lead designs and engineering documentation for upcoming upgrades and installations.
• Resolve issues discovered during upgrades, delivering, or sustaining systems; identify risks and opportunities.
• Support strategic planning for future upgrades and deliveries.
• Oversee procurement of equipment for upgrades and deliveries.
• Provide proposal input for engineering development aspects of new contracts.
• Attend Technical Review Boards (TRB) for visibility into Change Requests (CR).
• Review TRB outputs to approve items generated by Installation and Builds.
• Ensure change requests are incorporated into upgrade planning.

Skills

Lead cross-functional teams

Electronics engineering

Systems engineering

Project management

US Top Secret clearance

Earned Value Management (EVM)

Control Account Management (CAM)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Staff Electronics Engineer – Engineering Architect Lead to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. The role leads a team of data center architects, drafters, and SMT leads to develop implementation strategy and engineering documentation for upgrades and deliveries.

The ideal candidate has hands-on electronics, systems or aerospace engineering experience, excels at cross-organizational collaboration, and can obtain the