Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Electrical

Northrop Grumman•Colorado Springs, CO

7d•$103,600 - $193,900

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Radar Integrated Product Team (IPT), supporting the design and development of a new ground-based radar for Space Domain Awareness. The Radar IPT designs, develops, and integrates the radar system’s major RF and analog subsystems and components. Reporting to the Radar IPT Lead, the engineer will collaborate with IPT members through major design reviews—including SRR, PDR, and CDR—and integration milestones such as integration point testing, assembly, and checkout. The role calls for foundational knowledge of the Systems Engineering Development lifecycle and experience designing, developing, and testing RF systems. Experience in the technical management of major subcontractors is also sought. The position may be staffed at either the Principal or Senior Principal level, depending on qualifications. An active U.S. Government Secret clearance is required at application, and the employee must be able to obtain and maintain Top Secret clearance and SCI approval/access. Travel is required, with the basic qualification specifying up to 10% domestic travel. The primary-level salary range is $103,600–$155,400, and the secondary-level salary range is $129,300–$193,900. Eligible employees may also receive overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus. Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business. Relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

Must have an active, current, and in-scope U.S. Government Secret security clearance at the time of application, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
Principal level: 5 years of experience with a Bachelor of Science degree, or 3 years with a Master of Science degree.
Senior Principal level: 8 years of experience with a Bachelor of Science degree, or 6 years with a Master of Science degree.
Experience with LNAs and RF signal-chain analysis.
Ability to work in an RF lab environment.
Experience with RF test equipment and measurements, such as noise figure and phase noise.
Experience with component integration and checkout.
Experience reading and developing engineering drawings and electronic BOMs.
Experience with Atlassian tool sets, including JIRA and Confluence.
Familiarity with Model Based Systems Engineering principles.
Experience working with CAMEO.
Familiarity with technical management of major subcontractors.
Ability to travel domestically up to 10%.
U.S. citizenship is required for positions requiring a government clearance.

Nice To Haves

Active, current, and in-scope U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance, 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 supporting proposals and developing a technical basis of estimate.
Experience with parabolic antennas, Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers, Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs), RF-over-fiber-optic media converters, cryogenically cooled LNAs, or 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 development of component specifications and procurement requirements.
Support technical management of major subcontractors.
Develop technical Statements of Work.
Perform compliance analysis on key performance parameters.
Work in an RF lab environment to support equipment characterization and measurement.
Work with engineering drafting to document the system Bill of Material (BOM) and assembly drawings.
Support development of integration plans and procedures.
Support assembly, integration, and checkout of hardware components.
Support design trade studies and component obsolescence reviews.
Occasionally present to engineering leadership.