Engineer Survivability & Signature Management

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

3d•$108,200 - $162,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Survivability Engineer (Level 3) to join their team. This role involves engineering at the edge of the impossible, focusing on reducing the detectability of aircraft in various spectrums. The engineer will work with cutting-edge technology, predict design performance using proprietary analysis codes, verify predictions through physical model testing, and optimize designs for stealth while balancing requirements from other engineering disciplines. The position requires taking responsibility for achieving customer goals and balancing the design within an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment, thriving in a fast-paced setting with diverse assignments and extensive collaboration. The company is a leader in Stealth Technology, involved in all phases of development, production, and maintenance of Low Observable (LO) platforms.

Requirements

Demonstrated skills and knowledge in Stealth (design integration, product support or antenna integration).
Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance.
A Special Access Program (SAP)/Program Access Request (PAR) will be initiated on the selected candidate and must be active before a start date can be established.
Survivability Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Master’s degree AND 0 years of related professional/military engineering experience.
Principal Survivability Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Master’s degree AND 3 years of related professional/military engineering experience, OR a Ph.D. AND 0 years of related professional/military engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated Knowledge and Experience using the latest classified cutting-edge technology to reduce the detectability of aircraft in the electromagnetic, infrared, visual and acoustic spectrums.
Experience with Northrop Grumman proprietary computational electromagnetic analysis codes or similar computational electromagnetic analysis codes used by our competitors or customers.
Complete understanding and capability to plan and implement Radio Frequency (RF) modeling and testing of complex classified targets at nations premier indoor/outdoor RCS/RF test facility.
Working knowledge of the requirements of other supporting engineering disciplines to help in achieving optimization of Stealth goals and a balanced design.
Strong interpersonal communication and technical writing skills to enable effective personal interaction and collaboration with a multi-disciplined team and customers.
Knowledge of Applied Electromagnetics / Aircraft Survivability, and a Comprehensive understanding of Electromagnetic Energy transmission though space and within materials.
The ability to post process complex electromagnetic data to identify and exploit trends to help our aircraft vanish from the RADAR screen.
Master’s degree in physics, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
A current active U.S. Government in-scope DoD Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR/SAP).

Responsibilities

Use the latest classified cutting-edge technology to reduce the detectability of aircraft in the electromagnetic, infrared, visual and acoustic spectrums.
Predict the performance of your design using proprietary analysis codes.
Verify your prediction and the design by building and test physical models.
Optimize the design for Stealth while meeting the requirement of all other engineering disciplines.
Take Responsibility for achieving customer goal and balancing the design in an Integrated Product Team (IPT) environment.
Thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and extensive collaboration.