Staff Electronics Engineer - Platform Cosite LeadAt 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, but they're also making history.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Electronics Engineer - Platform Cosite Lead - to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL and will be based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs.
Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off. This position has NO Hybrid or Remote work available.The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team in a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful candidate will contribute to the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.The Engineer in this role will be responsible for one or more of the following:Support development and integration of communications subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectivesRequirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation, translating customer requirements into hardware and software specificationsPerform performance and functional analysesConducting detailed trade studiesPerforming risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closureCollaborate with engineers and program stakeholdersDeveloping and maintaining supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of workTechnical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test supportReview documents from the supplier's development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviewsIdentifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the labPerforming aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-offSupport technical discussions with the customer and have daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teamsA successful candidate has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.Basic Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D.
with 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.Knowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)Ability to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectivesExperience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysisExperience in one or more of the following: Designing, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applicationsExperience with voice, military and network waveformsExperience with cryptographic implementationsExperience with RF antenna and component design and performance analysisKnowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentationYour ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the companyPreferred Qualifications:Demonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experienceKnowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentationDemonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a close team environmentExperience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representativesDemonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skillsDemonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently and work in a self-directed mannerExperience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML toolsExperience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar toolsFamiliarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)Experience in supplier/subcontract managementExperience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of workExperience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selectionAbility to review documents from the supplier's development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review
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