Sr Principal/Staff Electronics Engineer - Field Service Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

The Multi-Domain Operations Division within Northrop Grumman’s Space Systems Sector is known for pushing the boundaries of innovation, redefining engineering capabilities, and driving advances in various sciences through cutting-edge technology.  Our team is chartered with providing the skills, and innovative technologies to develop, design, produce, and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

• The Aurora campus is looking to add a Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Field Service Engineer (FSE)/Staff Principal Electronics Engineer - Field Service Engineer (FSE) to join our team. The position is for an Engineering Field Service Representative (FSR) to be embedded with III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The FSR will provide direct support to a Northrop Grumman Maritime Targeting Cell (MTC) prototype system currently deployed with the U.S. Marines. The prototype system will replace functions from existing programs to bring intelligence data to tactical units to automate the development of targeting solutions. The FSR will be embedded with the operational unit and be the system subject matter expert, providing training on the system hardware and software, as well as supporting the Marines in the unit with system operations, employment, and routine maintenance. The intent is for Marines to be the primary operators and maintainers of the system, with the FSR providing training and assistance as needed to keep the system fully mission capable. The FSR will have reach-back support to the Northrop Grumman factory in Aurora, CO for higher levels of support as needed. Additionally, the FSR will execute hardware preventative maintenance, write procedures, perform Break/Fix, touch maintenance, and will be the inventory control/shipping and receiving POC at the site. FSR will need to Travel to factory (Aurora) for system and training updates of Incremental capabilities. Trips will be approximately quarterly for approximately 1 week.

Ability to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot all the following:

• Antennas; rack-mount servers; client workstations; routers and switches; associated power and communications cables
• Software & Operating Systems: VMware (including ESXi, vSAN); Windows Server 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Windows 11; Cisco IOS; Active Directory and DNS; Kubernetes and container-based infrastructure
• Familiarity with configuration of encryption devices
• Ability to coordinate for and support external interface integration, connection to network points of presence, and checkout/confirmation testing efforts
• Experience with installation of containerized software systems using Docker and Kubernetes
• Able to apply operating system and software patches and updates on all prototype software and operating systems either independently or with reach-back support
• Willing to work flexible hours, including weekends, nights, and/or holidays when required to meet Unit Operations and Training Requirements; may include travel to training sites
• Create discrepancy reports (DR’s) and provide weekly status reports to factory in Aurora, CO.
• Meet the requirements of DoD 8570.1-M at the IAT II or IAT III Level
• Must have Security+ and be current with Continuing Education (CE) requirements: CCNA Security, GSEC, and SSCP or must able to obtain Security+ within 3 months of hire date
• Hardware (HW): antennas, both trailer-mounted and on-ground; servers; Network Attached Storage; workstations; routers and switches; power and communications cables
• Software (SW) & Operating Systems: Virtualized signal processing and error encoding, mission data processing, Windows, Linux, VMware
• RF/Antenna: LNAs/LNBs, Filters, RF switches and cables, A-D converters, antenna control units