Field Engineer or Principal Field Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Confidential

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 has an immediate employment opportunity available for a Field Engineer or Principal Field Engineer. This opportunity is located in San Angelo, TX and will rotate to the sister site of Sierra Vista, AZ. Initial training will be onsite in Baltimore, MD.

What You'll Get To Do:

The Field Engineer or Principal Field Engineer will Install, operate, maintain, repair and modify equipment. Performs a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations. Analyzes and evaluates products and related performance. Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctions to eliminate problem in minimum time. Installs, upgrades and removes products ensuring coordinative engineering field change. Maintains effective customer communications and relations. May provide onsite training of customer support personnel.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support operations and maintenance of the VADER radar system to the Department of Homeland Security (Customs and Border Patrol / Air and Marine Operations) in San Angelo, Texas.
• Daily operational support: radar ope

  Northrop Grumman has an immediate employment opportunity available for a Field Engineer. This opportunity is located in San Angelo, TX and will rotate to the sister site of Sierra Vista, AZ. Initial training will be onsite in Baltimore, MD. 

  What You'll Get To Do:
  The new team member will Install, operate, maintain, repair and modify equipment. Performs a variety of maintenance and technical support on products such as equipment, integrated systems and subsystems, and software at customer and/or field locations. Analyzes and evaluates products and related performance. Troubleshoots and diagnoses malfunctions to eliminate problem in minimum time. Installs, upgrades and removes products ensuring coordinative engineering field change. Maintains effective customer communications and relations. May provide onsite training of customer support personnel.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support operations and maintenance of the VADER radar system to the Department of Homeland Security (Customs and Border Patrol / Air and Marine Operations) in San Angelo, Texas.
• Daily operational support: radar operations, providing intelligence analysis for mission planning, and guidance to air crew to optimize mission collection objectives.
• Daily maintenance support: radar hardware and software checks, troubleshooting radar performance anomalies, and working with engineering team on anomaly resolution.
• Attend meetings and serve as a liaison between Northrop Grumman, the customer and partner contract teams.  Direct interface with DHS site leadership on hardware, software, and operational issues.
• Assist and develop proficiency with performance of other engineering and operational duties as required.
• Coordinate and perform system hardware and software upgrades/patches.
• Conduct fault isolation and component level repairs on defective hardware
• Coordinate with site and Northrop logistics for delivery of replacement system equipment and removal of defective hardware.
• Experience with sensor payload maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with airborne radar systems and operations.
• Perform/support review and analysis of engineering schematics, supplier design data, support of functional test requirements including acceptance, qualification, and system integration on the fielded systems.
• Deploy to sister site in Sierra Vista, Arizona, up to 25% of time.    

"This position may be filled as a Field Engineer or Principal Field Engineer based on the qualifications listed below."

Basic Qualifications for a Field Engineer: