Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Electrical

Northrop Grumman•Colorado Springs, CO

6d•$103,600 - $193,900•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Radar Integrated Product Team (IPT) supporting the design and development of a new ground-based radar supporting Space Domain Awareness (SDA). The Radar IPT is responsible for the design, development and integration of the major RF and Analog Subsystems / Components of the radar system. This role will be reporting to the Radar IPT lead and working collaboratively with team members of the RADAR IPT through the major design (i.e., SRR, PDR, CDR) and integration milestones (integration point testing, assembly, checkout) of the radar system components. The ideal candidate should have a strong foundational knowledge in the Systems Engineering Development lifecycle and experience with the design, development, and testing of RF systems. Experience with technical management of major subcontractors is also sought.

Requirements

Must have an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance
Principal: 5 years with a Bachelors in Science, 3 years with a Masters in Science degree
Sr Principal: 8 years with a Bachelors in Science, 6 years with a Masters in Science degree
Experience with LNA’s and RF signal chain analysis experience
Ability to work within an RF lab environment
RF test equipment and measurement experience (i.e., noise figure, phase noise)
Experience with component integration and checkout
Experience with reading and developing engineering drawings and electronic BOM’s
Experience with Atlassian tool sets (JIRA, Confluence)
Familiar with Model Based Systems Engineering principles
Experience working within CAMEO
Familiar with technical major subcontract management
Ability to travel up to 10% domestically
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Active U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
Technical degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
Previous experience working on ground-based radar systems
Previous experience with supporting proposals and developing technical basis of estimate
Previous experience with one of the following: Parabolic Antennas, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG) experience, RF over fiber optic media converters, Cryogenically Cooled LNA’s, High speed analog to digital converters
Ability to travel up to 25% internationally and domestically

Responsibilities

Collaboratively define and document Radar IPT hardware architecture.
Support the development of component specifications and procurement requirements.
Support the technical management of major subcontractors.
Develop technical Statements of Works.
Perform compliance analysis on key performance parameters.
Work within an RF lab environment to support characterization and measurement of equipment.
Work with engineering drafting to document the systems Bill of Material (BOM) and assembly drawings.
Support the development of integration plans and procedures.
Support assembly, integration and checkout of hardware components.
Support design trade studies and component obsolescence review.
Occasionally present to engineering leadership.