Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer/ Principal Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Palmdale, CA

1d•$91,800 - $171,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add an Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer/ Principal Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer to join our team in Palmdale, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct. The EW Engineer will be a high-energy individual who will be expected to keep track of deployed assets, collect asset-related status reports from to support statistical and anomaly reporting, coordinate with Integrated Logistics Support team, participate in Material Improvement Process Review Board meetings and provide feedback and responses to action items as necessary, monitor Line Replaceable Units returned from the field and coordinate their repair at the supplier facility, and communicate successfully across engineering, operations, and logistics teams in order to implement requirements. The successful candidate will coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure that required assets are in place and functional to effectively support operations and that any failed assets are returned to the supplier in a timely manner for repair. They must also be capable of responding to the customer with guidance related to operation and maintenance of assets. Meeting support responsibilities include readiness reviews, site specific training, test briefs and debriefs, security and coordination with test directors. Post-test support responsibilities include review, analysis and defect investigation of test logs, and validation of test data files, hardware and software troubleshooting on the platform and defect duplication and analysis in a lab. Pre-test support responsibilities include support and checkout of the system, including but not limited to test planning activities to ensure that test objectives are achieved, and results remain within operational specifications of the subsystem. Responsibilities will also include coordination of anomalies with engineering and supplier Subject Matter Experts. This includes review of service bulletins, training for new software upgrades, review of new NG and supplier generated Discrepancy Reports and tracking existing Discrepancy Reports as new analyses become available. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required. This requisition may be filled at either a Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer level OR a Principal Electronic Warfare (EW) Engineer level.

Requirements

Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and years of related engineering experience.
Principal Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience
Must have experience working with EW airborne payload systems.
Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in an Engineering discipline.
Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Active USG Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to comprehend and analyze complex problems, develop solutions, and make decisions that impact the organization’s credibility, operations, and services.
Documented ability to interpret numerical data for reporting purposes and prepare and analyze data and figures.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate in a team environment.
Supplier Management Experience

Responsibilities

Keep track of deployed assets
Collect asset-related status reports to support statistical and anomaly reporting
Coordinate with Integrated Logistics Support team
Participate in Material Improvement Process Review Board meetings and provide feedback and responses to action items
Monitor Line Replaceable Units returned from the field and coordinate their repair at the supplier facility
Communicate successfully across engineering, operations, and logistics teams
Coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure required assets are in place and functional
Respond to the customer with guidance related to operation and maintenance of assets
Support readiness reviews, site specific training, test briefs and debriefs, security and coordination with test directors
Review, analyze and investigate defects in test logs
Validate test data files
Perform hardware and software troubleshooting on the platform
Perform defect duplication and analysis in a lab
Support and checkout of the system, including test planning activities
Coordinate anomalies with engineering and supplier Subject Matter Experts
Review service bulletins
Provide training for new software upgrades
Review new NG and supplier generated Discrepancy Reports
Track existing Discrepancy Reports