Staff Engineer Electronics - Hardware Integration (CA or FL)

About this role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

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 has an opening for a Staff Engineer Electronics - Hardware Integration to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position can be located in San Diego, CA or Melbourne, FL .

The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team on key efforts to develop novel HW integration and test on developmental NGAS programs. The successful engineer will contribute to the overall development of HW subsystems, including developing functional architectures, analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements. You will design, develop, build, and test electrical components, equipment, systems, and networks in conjunction with key suppliers.

This position may require travel up to 10%.

Will be responsible for one or more of the following:

• Requirements development, analysis, maturation, and implementation, translating customer requirements into hardware specifications • Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate avionics and mission subsystems to meet platform mission objectives • Work collaboratively with cross-disciplinary teams, including hardware, software, and firmware engineers • Develop supplier documentation such as procurement specifications, and statements of work, and review artifacts from the supplier’s development effort • Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams, and specifications • Support development and integration of HW subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives • Develop integrated HW integration and test • Performing functional and performance analyses • Conducting detailed trade studies • Perform analyses and estimate performance of components, subsystems, and systems in accordance with governmental and commercial standards. • Configure, test, document and troubleshoot avionics and mission systems

Basic Qualifications:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering • Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands) • Familiarity with 1 or more RF sensing modalities and their applications. • Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing RF equipment for airborne platforms • An active U.S. Government issued Top Secret SCI Security Clearance as well as Special Program Access (SAP) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in RF/EW applications, including developing and applying models in Matlab, Python, and/or C/C++, along with experience in tracking and algorithm development. • Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills • Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self-directed manner • Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing EW or Radar subsystems for airborne platforms • Experience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysis • Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environment • Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools • Experience with generating and managing requirements in DOORs • Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools • Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence) • Experience in supplier/subcontract management • Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work • Understand NGAS Sector Engineering procedures • Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection • Experience in decomposing, deriving, allocating and tracing requirements from system to component level • Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work • Experience in supplier/subcontract management • Experience with working on a multidisciplinary team and writing technical proposals • Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation

Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $265,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, emplo

Similar jobs

• Staff Engineer Electronics - Software Integration (CA or FL) — Northrop Grumman · United States-California-San Diego | United States-Florida-Melbourne
• Staff Engineer Electronics - Mission Integration (CA or FL) — Northrop Grumman · United States-California-San Diego | United States-Florida-Melbourne
• Staff Electrical Hardware Engineer — Altentechnologyusa · Palo Alto, California, United States
• Senior Hardware Electronics Engineer — Draper · Huntsville, AL
• Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer — Muonspace · San Jose, CA
• Staff Electrical Hardware Design Engineer — Ionq · Louisville, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
• Senior Electronics Integration and Test Engineer — Draper · Cambridge, MA
• Staff Systems Electrical Engineer- Hardware Development — Impulse · San Francisco