Sr. Principal Avionics Subsystem Engineer - IFC Thread Lead
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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.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.
Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.
Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Sr. Principal Avionics Subsystem Engineer - IFC Thread Lead to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL.
The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team on a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful engineer will contribute to the overall development of platform capability development, including System Architecture/Concept Development, Requirements Development and Derivation, Performance Analysis, Data Analysis, and work with cross-disciplinary hardware, software, and firmware teams.
Responsibilities include:
Support development and integration of one or more system functional capabilities across multiple segments to meet overall platform objectives
Solicit input from various stakeholders, synthesize data, and communicate results to various levels of leadership within the organization.
Perform functional and performance analyses and model behavior of system and subsystem designs
Integrate developed capabilities with operational scenarios and iterative and maturing hardware and software environments
Support mission engineering activities to ensure continuity between desired operational capabilities and delivered system performance, through the Systems Engineering “V”.
Ensure capabilities of architectures and solutions are matured successfully against cost, schedule and technical requirements and assess effectiveness of capabilities in representative operational environments.
Basic Qualifications:
Sr. Principal Avionics Subsystem Engineer - IFC Thread Lead (T04):
Must have a Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 6 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 4 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
Your 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 company.
Experience in one or more of the following areas: EOIR subsystems, EW subsystems, RF/antenna subsystems, digital communications, data processing methods and capabilities.
Experience in system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
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