Survivability Engineer, Principal (Secret Clearance)

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 101,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

PTO for vacation and personal time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in California invites an Engineer/Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our team. Location options include Palmdale, San Diego or El Segundo with up to 25% travel.

The role covers sub-disciplines in Survivability: EM, IR, RF, and acoustic design, modeling, and testing, plus liaison engineering and mission system integration. A Secret clearance is required or in-scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in STEM with 2+ years, or Master's with 0 years; or PhD with 1 year.
• Fundamental Survivability principles and related spectrums knowledge.
• Experience across RF/IR/Vis/Acoustic sub-disciplines with testing.
• Ability to obtain/maintain U.S. government Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with designers and maintainability engineers for Survivability.
• Develop advanced technology to reduce system detectability.
• Implement analytical codes; build and analyze virtual models.
• Plan and execute RCS/RF tests and report results.
• Analyze test data and advise on materials and design changes.
• Liaise with suppliers on materials and equipment.

Skills

Fundamental physics

Survivability expertise

RF/IR/Vis/Acoustic analysis

Analytical modeling

Python, C/C++, Matlab

Liaison engineering

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

CATIA

NX

SENTRi

Xpatch

Knowbell

Saber

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. in California invites an Engineer/Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our team. Location options include Palmdale, San Diego or El Segundo with up to 25% travel.

The role covers sub-disciplines in Survivability: EM, IR, RF, and acoustic design, modeling, and testing, plus liaison engineering and mission system integration. A Secret clearance is required or in-scope.