Northrop Grumman is hiring: Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Hardware Avionics

Requisition ID: R10169930

Category: Engineering

Location: San Diego, California, United States of America

Clearance Type: Secret

Telecommute: Yes - may consider hybrid teleworking for this position

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

Positions Available: 1

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. 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a candidate to support the Air Vehicle Hardware Avionics team at the Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA site. The group is responsible for vehicle flight control and safety. The Hardware Avionics group manages subsystems including Identification Friend or Foe (IFF), Radar Altimeter (RadAlt), Air Data System (ADS), flight actuation system, Vehicle Management Computer (flight computer), and the Ethernet switch. General duties will include flight computer subsystem lab testing, flight test support, anomaly resolution, and supplier management.

Team members perform proposal development, technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems. They ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints. They also perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies.

This position can be filled at either the Principal Engineer or the Sr. Principal Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 5 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 3 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with no experience for Principal Engineer Avionics.
2. Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 8 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 6 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 3 years of experience for Sr. Principal Engineer Avionics.
3. Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance (US citizenship is a pre-requisite).
4. Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio), Matlab.
5. Experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, multi-meters).

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Active DoD Secret security clearance or higher.
2. Good understanding of general avionics components.
3. Flight Test experience: Some experience.
4. Supplier management: Some experience.
5. Requirements development: Some experience.
6. Requirements verification testing: Some experience.
7. Prior experience as a military, civil, or commercial avionics technician.

Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900

Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600

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.

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.