Principal Electronics Engineer/Senior Principal Electronics Engineer

Requisition ID : R10168370

• 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 : 2

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.

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.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Electronics Engineer or Senior Principal Electronics Engineer as part of 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.

• 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 years of relevant technical work experience.
• 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.
• Effective verbal and written communications with the ability to work in a team environment.
• 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-requisite.

Basic 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.
• 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.
• Effective verbal and written communications with the ability to work in a team environment.
• 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-requisite.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance.
• Experience in hardware / software 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 systems.

Salary Range : $83,300 - $124,900

Salary Range 2 : $102,400 - $153,600

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.

For our complete EEO / AA 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.

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