Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Electronics - Communications Integration; California - R10
Listed on 2026-05-24
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer
Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start:
Yes. Clearance type:
Top Secret. Travel:
Yes, 25% of the time.
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 and 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—it is an insatiable drive to accomplish what others think is impossible.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking for a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Electronics – Communications Integration to join our team onsite in Palmdale or San Diego, California
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The candidate should be a self‑starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.
Roles and Responsibilities- Lead hands‑on integration and test of communications equipment in a lab environment, configuring and validating advanced communications methods and hardware for planned test scenarios.
- Develop, execute, and document lab test procedures and validation plans (including signal chaining, link budgets, interference checks, and pass/fail criteria) and capture test results and anomalies.
- Configure and operate RF and network testbeds/emulators (including channel emulators, attenuators, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and protocol/network simulators) to reproduce operational environments.
- Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues across RF front end, digital baseband, modem stacks, and network interfaces.
- Support configuration management and lab readiness: maintain test fixtures, instrumentation calibration records, test scripts, version control for test artifacts, and produce concise technical reports for stakeholders.
- Integrate with the Integrated Communications Systems team.
- Travel up to 25% may be required.
Level 3 Principal Engineer Electronics – Communications Integration
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 year of related engineering experience.
- Practical RF experience covering HF and UHF systems and familiarity with Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) technologies (satcom, troposcatter, or similar).
- Proficiency with test equipment: spectrum/logic/oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and RF channel emulators; experience scripting automated tests (Python, MATLAB, or similar).
- Experience in technical integration of communications, payloads or avionics electronic subsystems.
- An active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs.
Level 4 Senior Principal Engineer Electronics – Communications Integration
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR PhD in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
- Practical RF experience covering HF and UHF systems and familiarity with Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) technologies (satcom, troposcatter, or similar).
- Proficiency with test equipment: spectrum/logic/oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, signal generators, and RF channel emulators; experience scripting automated tests (Python, MATLAB, or similar).
- Experience in technical integration of communications, payloads or avionics electronic subsystems.
- An active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program…
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