Principal OR Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal OR Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer to our team at NAS Whidbey in Oak Harbor, WA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization.

This position reports to the Operations team lead within the Mission Systems Integrated Product Team (MS IPT) and will receive daily tasking and prioritization from their site lead. The selected candidate will be responsible for operations and maintenance support of the MQ-4C Triton sensors and communications systems at a Main Operating Base (MOB).

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Representing the organization as the on-site engineer for communications, networks, and payload subsystems
• Applying system knowledge to communicate complex technical issues to local site leadership, the Degrader Action Cell (DAC), Forward Operation Bases (FOBs), and Responsible Engineers (REs)
• Under direction of the DAC as system Technical Authority, reviewing and analyzing engineering schematics, NGC and supplier design data, and functional test artifacts to troubleshoot system issues
• Acting as liaison for internal Northrop Grumman engineering teams to ensure repeated success, providing redlines to procedures when necessary
• Providing real time support to flight operations and addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR, airborne recorder, and link16 to include fault isolation, remediation, and resolution.
• Following priorities set by local site leadership, perform system performance evaluations and assist with trend analysis as needed for Responsible Engineers (REs)
• Interact with local site leadership and Active Duty/Government customers on technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations
• Coordinating work with site leadership and confirming that Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) are in place for all required work      
• Perform nominal recovery procedures and provide immediate feedback to Government Mission Payload Operators (MPOs) during sorties
• Assist Government Air Vehicle Operators (AVOs) with Main Operating Base comms (voice), networks, and other AVO interfaces
• Capture relevant information from shift in logs, perform hotwash after sorties, and deliver pass-down to ongoing support team
• Attain and employ expertise across all supported sensor and communications systems

The selected candidate will undergo training (lasting approximately six (6) months) at multiple US locations such as Rancho Bernardo, CA, Jacksonville, FL, and/or Baltimore, MD with a final assignment location at NAS Whidbey.

Initially, this position will work a 9/80 shift. As the program matures, the shifts will become 12-hour shifts that could include nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote work available for this role. Outside of traveling for initial training, this position requires the ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

This position can be filled at either the Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer level or the Senior Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer level, depending upon the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of related engineering experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain D