Engineer Systems/Principal Engineer Systems
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.Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Field Facing Integrator to join our team at the Grand Sky UAS Business and Aviation Park in Emerado, ND. This position will be in our Systems Engineering Organization.
Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Troubleshoot systems to resolve complex issues, interact and coordinate with responsible Subsystems engineers responsible for sustaining subsystems
Serve as an interface between the Operations & engineering organization
Ensure overall System performance is met and maintained thru the lower level functions/subsystems
Perform troubleshooting, document issues and coordinate field replacements/upgrades of any impacted parts
Contribute to improvement of processes, design and future sustainment efforts
Must be a self-directed technical performer with strong communication skills, demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary technical trades, and ability to develop & execute to a strategy
Research, design, development, integration, and test of a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including RF datalinks, SATCOM and Communications Networks.
Maintaining complex RF communications architectures, systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers.
Perform analysis on Field Facing Integration issues
Generate technical solutions
Fleet operation troubleshooting
Analysis of anomaly investigations
Provide technical recommendations to the SPO
Hybrid: The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. Once established in role, the position could potentially offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion.
This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
This position can be filled at either the Systems Engineer level or the Principal Systems Engineer level, depending upon the qualifications below.
Basic Qualifications:
Systems Engineer T02: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience.
Principal Systems Engineer T03: 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 and 1 year of related engineering experience.
Must have an interim Secret clearance or higher to be considered and ability to obtain and maintain final DoD Secret Clearance prior to start.
Must have ability to obtain and maintain Program Access (PAR) within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
An active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
Experience with RQ-4 air vehicle, ground segment, sensor payloads, and support equipment.
Experience supporting Fielded Aircraft Systems.
Experience with Line of Sight and Beyond Line-of-Sight communications.
Experience with Networking.
Experience with USAF customers.
Experience with root cause investigations, fielded issue investigation, and operational missions.
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We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment
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