Principal/ Sr Principal Electronics Engineer - SW Infrastructure Lead

Northrop Grumman • San Diego, CA

1d • $114,000 - $213,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Principal or Senior Principal Electronics Engineer to serve as the Software Infrastructure Lead on its Avionics Team. The role is based onsite in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California; remote, hybrid, and telework arrangements are not available. Travel may be required up to 25% of the time.

The selected candidate will provide technical project leadership and infrastructure management across network architecture, infrastructure, and data storage projects. The role guides development of scalable infrastructure for communication across assets, centralized capabilities, and data dissemination, and drives technical maturation across programs, contracts, and operating units with varied needs. The lead serves as a subject matter expert for network architecture and infrastructure capabilities.

The position establishes and runs infrastructure release and readiness processes; determines when builds are ready; ensures builds are documented and tested; maintains bills of materials; prepares system software and build media; coordinates paperwork for deployment to classified networks; and works with cyber teams on software scan approvals and quarterly cyber testing. The lead also owns network design documentation, leads requirements development and decomposition, collaborates with stakeholders and customers to ensure solutions meet needs, provides infrastructure reach-back, and gives technical direction to suppliers and subcontractors as needed. The role supports risk mitigation and opportunity generation.

An active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance is required, with a background investigation within the past six years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation. The candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain SCI and SAP clearances.

Requirements

• For the Principal level: a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related professional or military engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience.
• For the Senior Principal level: a bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related professional or military engineering experience, or a master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience.
• Experience as a technical project lead and/or Product Owner accountable for solution outcomes.
• Understanding of network architecture, topologies, protocols, IP and tunneling, and security boundaries.
• Experience with documentation, including MBSE, change packages, design depictions, and requirements.
• Ability to stay abreast of developments at the intersection of data science and technology.
• Experience engaging cross-functional teams.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance, with a background investigation within the past six years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government SCI clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• Ability to work full-time onsite in Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, California, with travel up to 25% as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or another relevant advanced technical degree.
• Cloud-based architecture and virtual network expertise.
• Skill in defining, motivating, and driving change across multiple contracts or business areas while supporting the end-user mission and business value.
• Advanced technical knowledge of network architecture and design concepts.
• Self-directed leadership.
• Excellent communication and presentation development skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for the development and implementation of network infrastructure.
• Represent infrastructure at SRB when design reviews affect infrastructure, and establish and run a separate infrastructure board.
• Establish processes for infrastructure build release and readiness reviews.
• Determine when builds are ready and ensure infrastructure builds are documented and tested.
• Update bills of materials and ensure required software is available on systems.
• Build hard drives and media, and complete paperwork to move builds to classified networks.
• Coordinate with cyber teams on software scan approvals and ensure quarterly release cyber testing is performed.
• Release software support bills of materials.
• Own development of network documentation, including high-level and detailed designs, topology depictions, port and protocol documentation, security boundaries and classifications, IP, and tunneling.
• Lead development, decomposition, and documentation of system, segment, software, and hardware requirements.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and end-user/customer counterparts to ensure appropriate solutions are developed.
• Serve as the point of contact for network and infrastructure reach-back.
• Provide technical leadership to suppliers and subcontractors as needed.
• Support risk mitigation and opportunity generation.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal