Survivability Systems Engineer – Principal Level

Northrop Grumman; Palmdale (CA); On-site; USD 125,300 - 234,600; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our Palmdale or San Diego team. You will support sub-disciplines across RF, IR, Vis, and Acoustic, coordinating with designers and technicians to ensure survivability requirements are met.

The role includes developing advanced technologies to reduce detectability, executing RCS/RF tests, and analyzing results to drive design improvements. A TS clearance is required.

Qualifications

• Education in a STEM discipline with years of experience as per LV3/LV4 requirements.
• Demonstrated understanding of survivability principles across RF/IR/Vis/Acoustic spectrums.
• Experience in one or more survivability sub-disciplines and systems testing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with designers and engineers to ensure survivability requirements are met.
• Develop and integrate technologies to reduce system detectability.
• Design, plan, and execute RCS/RF tests across tiers 0–3; perform setup, test, and post-test reports.
• Analyze test results and provide material and capability recommendations.
• Coordinate with suppliers on material and equipment design and testing.

Skills

Survivability knowledge

EM/IR/Vis/Acoustic principles

Design & analysis

Liaison engineering

Programming / scripting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM (optional)

PhD in STEM (optional)

Tools

SENTRi

Xpatch

Knowbell

Saber

CATIA

NX

Python

C/C++

MATLAB

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer - Survivability to join our Palmdale or San Diego team. You will support sub-disciplines across RF, IR, Vis, and Acoustic, coordinating with designers and technicians to ensure survivability requirements are met.

The role includes developing advanced technologies to reduce detectability, executing RCS/RF tests, and analyzing results to drive design improvements. A TS clearance is required.