Staff Electronics Engineer - Platform Cosite Lead

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 152,900 - 229,300; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Long Term Incentives

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Staff Electronics Engineer – Platform Cosite Lead to advance RF subsystems within a major program. You will work in a 9/80 schedule with no hybrid/remote options, performing requirements development, analyses, and integration with suppliers.

The role emphasizes system engineering, electromagnetics, and leadership in a cross‑functional team to deliver flight‑worthy platform solutions and meet customer objectives with disciplined

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) from an accredited university with 12 years of related professional/military engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree with 10 years; or a Ph.D. with 8 years.
• Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands).
• Ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives.
• Experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis.
• Experience with LOS/BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications.
• Experience with cryptographic implementations and RF antenna/component design.

Responsibilities

• Support development and integration of communications subsystems to meet mission objectives.
• Develop requirements, translate customer needs into hardware/software specs.
• Perform performance and functional analyses and detailed trade studies.
• Plan and execute risk analyses with mitigation strategies.
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders throughout the program.

Skills

RF engineering

EMI/EMC knowledge

Signal processing

System engineering

MATLAB

Excel

Jira/Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

CAMEO

SysML

RF test equipment

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Electronics Engineer – Platform Cosite Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL and will be based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off. This position has NO Hybrid or Remote work available.

The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team in a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful candidate will contribute to the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Support development and integration of communications subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
• Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation, translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
• Perform performance and functional analyses
• Conducting detailed trade studies
• Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
• Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
• Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
• Performing aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell‑off
• Support technical discussions with the customer and have daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams

A successful candidate has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. with 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
• Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)
• Ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives
• Experience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co‑site) analysis
• Experience in one or more of the following: Designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications
• Experience with voice, military and network waveforms
• Experience with cryptographic implementations
• Experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis
• Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow‑down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated problem‑solving ability and data analysis experience
• Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow‑down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment
• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self‑directed manner
• Experience in model‑based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
• Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
• Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
• Experience in supplier/subcontract management
• Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance‑based specifications, and statements of work
• Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
• Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review

Salary & Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00

• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
• Long Term Incentives available for VP or Director positions
• Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO)

EEO & Equal Opportunity

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.