Electronics Engineer - Avionics Integration Center of Technical Excellence

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

14d•$91,800 - $137,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Electronics Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidate will be working with the latest technology to modernize software production across multiple programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 1 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline
Ability to obtain an active DOD security clearance
Experience integrating or testing avionics hardware-software systems in a lab or data-center environment, including setup, validation, and troubleshooting of complex infrastructures
Hands-on work with lab infrastructure and data-center services (servers, networking, virtualization, storage) to support avionics test equipment and continuous-integration pipelines
Experience applying Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform) and container/orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) to automate deployment of avionics software to on-premise and cloud environments
Familiar with build and CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, Maven/Ant) and the full Atlassian suite (Confluence, JIRA, Bitbucket) to manage source control, change tracking, and automated testing
Strong communication skills is a must to work with various stakeholders including chief engineers and development teams

Nice To Haves

Vehicle-level engineering experience, including system-level integration, payload-to-airframe interfacing, and performance validation of airborne platforms
Familiarity with government reference architectures and DoD product development life-cycle processes (MIL-STD compliance, security clearance requirements, formal build procedures)
Experience using the Agile methodology and common DevSecOps practices
Experience using Azure, Amazon Web Services, including using AWS native services (Cloud Formation, S3, etc.) is a plus
Experience with software development (Java/Javascript, C++, C# or any modern object-oriented language) and its life cycle
Experience with Linux/Unix/Windows administration and exposure to virtualization platforms (VMware, Azure, AWS) for lab and simulation environments

Responsibilities

Implement tools and processes into an established software factory for use by avionics teams
Integrate and automate systems to facilitate continuous build, continuous integration, continuous test, and continuous deployment pipelines
Develop engineering for automated deployments to cloud and on-prem environments.
Executing engineering projects on schedule.
Responsible for integrating and testing software and/or hardware systems in complex IT systems.
Work closely with Engineers and Technicians in a lab environment.
Good planning, coordination, and documentation skills are required.
The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels.