Staff Communications Engineer - Supplier On-Site

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: 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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding.  Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

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, but they’re also making history.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Staff Communications Engineer - Supplier On-Site, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals.  This position will be 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 on a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful engineer will contribute to the overall development of communications subsystems, including developing functional  architectures, analyzing  performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces,  and verifying/validating all allocated requirements. You will design, develop, build, and test communications subsystems in conjunction with key suppliers. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Primary function/duties of this role is to be an engineering/program technical representative who will be on-site at the supplier location  >50% of the time

• Day to Day  liaison between supplier organization and NGAS PM, Technical Lead, SMT Lead and Responsible Engineer

• Support technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support

• Lead and/or support technical discussions with the supplier and have daily interaction with management, external personnel, and various sub teams

• Support development and integration of radar subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives

• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders 

• Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure

• Conduct engineering trade analyses to determine different courses of actions and advise management in support of providing supplier guidance through Subcontracts Administrator

A 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:

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 14 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master’s degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. (STEM) AND 9 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.