Staff Electronics Engineer - Infrastructure Architect

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Discretionary bonuses

Job summary

0090 CORP-Corporate Office is seeking a Staff Electronics Engineer – Infrastructure Architect to work in Rancho Bernardo or Palmdale, CA. This full-time position requires on-site attendance with a salary range of $177,000 to $265,600, plus benefits including health insurance and paid time off.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in designing scalable datacenter systems, leadership in technical teams, and proficiency in various programming languages.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience, or Master's and 10 years, or PhD and 8 years.
• Experience in designing on-premises and hybrid datacenter systems.
• Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Java.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer requirements for Infrastructure as a Service.
• Monitor technology development in the industry.
• Lead new design and systems integration efforts.

Skills

Experience developing scalable datacenter systems

Scripting/programming languages

Infrastructure automation

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant STEM discipline

Tools

VMware ESXi/VCF

Microsoft Azure

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Staff Electronics Engineer – Infrastructure Architect (Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems)

Location: Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA (based on candidate preference). This position requires full‑time on‑site work; no remote/hybrid/telework is available. Up to 25% travel may be required.

Clearance: Top Secret required (with background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation). Active Top Secret clearance is required; the employee must obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR) before commencement of employment.

Role & Responsibilities

• Understand and decompose customer requirements to support Infrastructure as a Service development and delivery across multiple business areas and baselines.
• Monitor external technology development and maturation in industry and within the company, applying new technologies and principles across programs to build a consistent technical vision for data center systems.
• Participate in development and peer reviews.
• Work with Thread Leads and system Responsible Engineers to develop acceptance criteria for engineering design and implementation, ensuring consistency across multiple business areas and baselines.
• Lead new design and capture efforts across the enterprise to build the foundation for future systems and incorporate opportunities into existing programs.
• Decompose complex issues into high‑level executive briefs for program leadership.
• Provide technical leadership to a team of cloud and infrastructure engineers.
• Provide technical leadership, direction, and knowledge transfer to other team members during the implementation of technical solutions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR Master’s degree and 10 years of experience; OR PhD and 8 years of experience.
• Experience developing and deploying highly scalable datacenter systems to support IaaS models.
• Experience designing and developing on‑premises and hybrid datacenter systems utilizing technologies such as VMware ESXi/VCF and Microsoft Azure.
• Experience in scripting/programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, Visual Basic, .Net, Java, C, and C#.
• Experience designing and developing multi‑tier storage solutions.
• Infrastructure automation experience with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, etc.
• Experience with automated documentation tools such as Sphinx or MkDocs.
• Experience authoring and maintaining technical installation, configuration, and update documentation.
• Experience creating end‑to‑end infrastructure blueprints/roadmaps that meet scalability, reliability, security, and program SOW requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current applicable program access.
• Experience leading a technical team including estimating, assigning, and tracking work.
• Experience with matrixed organizations and remote/distributed teams.
• Proven track record of building and mentoring high‑performing engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to interface with all levels of employees and management, translating technical concepts to non‑technical stakeholders.

Salary and Benefits

Primary level salary range: $177,000.00 – $265,600.00.

In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, and long‑term incentives for senior positions. Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation and personal business.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company makes 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. U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.