Principal​/Senior Principal Engineer Electronics - Communications Integration; Palmdale CA

Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Electronics
- Communications Integration

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 hire a Principal/Senior Principal Engineer Electronics
- Communications Integration to join our team either onsite in Palmdale California.

The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

• 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

Basic Qualifications:

• Level 3 Principal Engineer Electronics
  - Communications Integration:
• 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 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 Access (SAP) 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 (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a 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…