Principal Electronics Engineer/Senior Principal Electronics Engineer
Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: September 30, 2024
Job Description:
Requisition ID: R
- Category: Engineering
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Clearance Type: SAP
- Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this
position
- Shift: Days (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be
available
- Positions Available: 2At 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. Job Description Northrop Grumman
Mission Systems Field Engineering is seeking a highly motivated
Principal Electronics Engineer/Senior Principal Electronics
Engineer. This career opportunity is a great fit for
self-motivated, proactive individuals who want to assume ownership
of the performance and delivery of Northrop Grumman's diverse suite
of digital product hardware. Our engineers work in a high exposure,
fast paced, and exciting environment that involves "hands on"
technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department
collaborations. If you thrive on solving problems and want
different challenges each day, please read on! We are looking for
you to join our team as a Principal Electronics Engineer or Senior
Principal Electronics Engineer as part our Advanced Tactical
Program Radar Team based in Baltimore, MD. Through the use of Agile
practices, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to
be a part of our field Engineering team as part of our Airborne
Multi-Functions Sensors Division. We are seeking knowledgeable
individuals who are passionate about designing, monitoring, and
supporting product technical performance and aggressive about
maintaining product delivery schedules. The lead engineer will
support the development, integration, and testing of radar
hardware. Activities will range from product-level requirements
analysis, hands-on testing, and troubleshooting; to analysis of
failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions; and attending
program meetings to report outcomes, problems, and corrective
actions and travel to customer locations to provide onsite direct
support. Extended work hours or shift work may be required to
support surge activities. Roles & Responsibilities:
- Serve as a subject matter expert as a part of the system design
team.
- Ability to lead tasks, data analysis, and digital
Instrumentation and comfortably multitask while working in a team
environment or independently.
- Primary focus will be on the hardware/software integration of
the ATP radar and other systems in the laboratory to provide a
testing environment that facilitates current and future system
development activities.
- Responsibilities will include both RF and digital scenario
generation systems that interface with the radar in addition to
other platform level systems for integration and requirement
verification activities in Baltimore and at customer
locations.
- The ability to travel periodically to support scheduled field
integration requirements at the customer's domestic locations is
required.
- The successful candidate will be collaborative, open,
transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment &
shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a
culture of automation.This position can be filled as a Principal
Systems Engineer, or a Sr. Principal Systems Engineer based on the
qualifications below. Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems
Engineer:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering/computer
engineering or related STEM degree and with a minimum of 5 years of
relevant technical work experience or master's degree with a
minimum of 3 year of relevant technical work experience.
- Knowledge in digital circuit design including radar modes of
operation
- Experience with lab support equipment such as digital
oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network
analyzers
- Experience with other specialized test equipment and tools used
to troubleshoot in the lab or field (power meter signal
generator)
- Working knowledge of radar operations
- Ability and willingness to travel to customer locations that
include business trips and short-term travel to customer facilities
at domestic locations. Most travel to customer locations would
occur after development efforts in Baltimore are complete or near
completion.
- Active Secret Clearance investigated within the last 5 years,
with the ability to gain program specific clearances. U.S.
Citizenship is a pre-requisiteBasic Qualifications for a Senior
Principal Electronics Engineer:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering/computer
engineering or related STEM degree and with a minimum of 9 years of
relevant technical work experience or master's degree with a
minimum of 7 years relevant technical work experience
- Knowledge in digital circuit design including radar modes of
operation
- Experience with lab support equipment such as digital
oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, network
analyzers
- Experience with other specialized test equipment and tools used
to troubleshoot in the lab or field (power meter signal
generator)
- Working knowledge of radar operations
- Ability and willingness to travel to customer locations that
include business trips and short-term travel to customer facilities
at domestic locations. Most travel to customer locations would
occur after development efforts in Baltimore are complete or near
completion.
- Active Secret Clearance investigated within the last 5 years,
with the ability to gain program specific clearances. U.S.
Citizenship is a pre-requisitePreferred Qualifications:
- Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance
- Effective verbal and written communications with the ability to
work in a team environment
- Experience in hardwaresoftware integration of embedded
systems
- Experience with MATLAB
- Hands-on troubleshooting of electrical hardware
- Experience in radar modes of operation, with RF stimulator, RF
target generator and digital bench type systemsSalary Range:
$83,300 - $124,900Salary Range 2: $102,400 - $153,600The 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.Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in
addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward
individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in
company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions
may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop
Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance
coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid
holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal
business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20
days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be
shortened or extended depending on business needs and the
availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is committed
to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions
without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age,
veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our
complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S.
Citizenship is required for all positions with a government
clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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