Principal/ Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Mission Systems

Northrop Grumman•San Diego, CA

2d•$114,000 - $213,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal/ Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Mission Systems to join their team in El Segundo, CA or San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. This candidate will be responsible for designing mission systems technical baselines (subsystems, components, software) to meet platform requirements. They will lead trade studies, technical analysis, modeling & simulation, risk/opportunity management, and support strategic objectives. The role involves decomposing system-level requirements, tracking/reporting metrics, and maintaining strong relationships with customers, suppliers, peers, and leadership. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at the facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Requirements

Principal Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 1 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
Experience supporting Supplier SSOW, SRD, and scope discussions
Significant experience in at least two of the following: Technical leadership on DoD development projects, System architecture concepts/solutions, Performance modeling & simulation, Designing systems with COTS/GOTS components for: DoD interoperability RF or EO/IR systems for sensing, EW, or communications Non-kinetic effects (cyber operations) DoD cyber requirements, RMF, and solutions
Identifying/managing system capabilities, producing architecture artifacts
Preparing/reviewing architecture designs and presenting at DoD customer reviews
Must have an active US Government Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
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

Engineering experience on a DoD program
Active DoD Top Secret clearance
Prior SAP or SCI clearance
Significant architecture, design, integration, and test experience
Systems engineering experience (requirements derivation/flow-down, verification/validation)
Experience leading design of mission systems/subsystems

Responsibilities

Mission system element design, capability assessment, interface decomposition, verification/validation planning, and mission integration during development
Support technical business development (proposals, white papers)
Engage customers/end users to translate requirements into deployable products
Perform subsystem trades, analysis of alternatives, modeling, and simulation for mission effects, data, or capabilities (including air vehicles, payloads, ground segments, mission planning, CONOPS, DRM, system security, and interfaces)