Principal Mission Management Equipment Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Top Secret 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’s Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Principal Mission Management Equipment Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in our Avionics organization. This position will be located in Melbourne,  this role, your success as the Mission Management Equipment Engineer will rely on good leadership skills and understanding the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently bringing up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership, and holding the team to a high level of technical rigor.

Responsibilities:

Interpret, allocate, tailor, write and flow down requirements to all levels of a system architecture

Design and develop computer and network architectures, perform hardware integration and testing, and requirements analysis COTS hardware design and estimate performance within the constructs of the hardware

Trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings

Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications

Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate mission management subsystems to meet platform mission objectives

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

Developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work Building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection

Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews

Basic Qualifications:

Must have a Bachelor's of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of relevant military/professional experience; OR a Master's of Science Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline AND 3 years of relevant military/professional experience, OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline AND 1 year of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

Must have an US Government Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).Must have the ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

Must have experience in PC computer architecture and associated elements: processing hardware,…