Staff Hardware Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE : Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE : 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 Defense Systems is seeking Staff Hardware Engineer. This position will be located in Colorado Springs, CO or Huntsville, AL and will support the Sentinel program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You'll Get to Do :

This position will join the Sentinel Program's Command and Control (C2) Hardware Engineering team in the investigation and selection of military-off-the-shelf (MOTS) and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products in satisfaction of system requirements.

Responsibilities will include a mix of the following dependent on priorities :

Conducts design, development, and testing of information processing hardware.

Analyzes architecture information, systems functional and performance requirements, and compliance documentation in developing technical procurement specifications for products

Conducts and analysis of alternatives in arriving at technology approach and vendor selection.   Generate mitigation approach to requirements at risk and making trade recommendations.

Provides input into higher level system architecture development in areas that are targeted to leverage MOTS or COTS.

Assume role as Responsible Engineer facilitating internal execution of one or more products as well as primary responsibility on interfacing with external stakeholders relative to the product(s) or impacted by the product decisions.

May include formal status reporting responsibilities.

Peer review supporting design engineer control drawings.

May augment design engineer efforts in generation of control drawings and facilitation through the program life cycle management workflow.

Responsible for generating or contributing to contract deliverable documentation.  Examples include technology refresh projection and other life cycle cost estimates, configuration method / procedures, and COTS manuals.

Support change proposal technical solution and estimate development.

Support modeling team hardware sizing and performance analyses.

Support testing of products

Position Benefits :

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work / Life Solutions

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9 / 80. The 9 / 80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications :

Bachelor of Science degree and 12 years of experience; 10 years with Master’s Degree; 8 Years with PhD; or an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Must have an active Secret DoD Clearance with an investigation within the past 6 years.

Must be a US Citizen and have the ability to obtain and maintain a Special Program Access (SAP).

Must have previous Department of Defense or Intelligence Community program experience in designing systems-of-systems comprised of military-off-the-shelf (MOTS) and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Must have past experience identifying and applying requirements from a breadth of Government and industry standards in evaluating COTS alternatives, particularly cyber security considerations and constraints.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have :

Experience in generating CAD models of components and assemblies using tools such as Siemens NX.

Experience in the application of industry standards for mechanical modeling and engineering release such as ASME Y14.24.

Experience generating and releasing engineering artifacts into Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Siemens TeamCenter

Previous Sentinel experience hardware / mechanical design processes and principles, such as E110P and E275M

Existing SAP approval

Colorado Pay Range :

Min : $141,400 - Max : $212,000

Primary Level Salary Range : $148,400.00 - $222,600.00 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, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http : / / www.northropgrumman.com / EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.