Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Technical Program Manager (TPM)

Northrop GrummanSan Diego, CA
$142,200 - $213,400Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer – Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our team in Palmdale, CA, El Segundo, CA, or Rancho Bernardo, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct. A successful candidate will leverage a diverse background encompassing experience in Communications and Payloads Subsystems throughout their entire lifecycle. In this position, breadth of experience across multiple Payloads and Communication Subsystems is more critical than in depth knowledge with any one system. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 10% may be required

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline, 6 years of related engineering experience.
  • Prior EVMS or CAM Experience
  • Experience with Project Planning using MS Project
  • Experience with Communications or Payloads Subsystems
  • Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
  • Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
  • 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

  • Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
  • Active USG Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
  • CAM Certified
  • Cost Basis of Estimate (BoE) Experience
  • Technical experience across multiple Payload and Communication Subsystems

Responsibilities

  • Validate use and business case for engineering change proposals
  • Work with technical responsible engineers to develop change proposals
  • Lead project teams across a variety of disciplines and geographic locations from project inception through project completion
  • Develop project plans addressing cost, schedule and technical objectives
  • Manage cost, schedule and technical performance of engineering projects

Benefits

  • Relocation assistance may be available
  • health insurance coverage
  • life and disability insurance
  • savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
  • overtime
  • shift differential
  • discretionary bonus
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