Sr Principal Electronics Engineer – Payloads Field Liaison

Relocation Assistance:
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, 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 are making history.

• Serve as the field liaison payload engineer between operations, engineering, and customer teams to ensure successful issue resolution, delivery, and installation.
• Report subsystem status to programmatic and technical team leadership and identify risks, issues, and concerns to prevent increased cost and/or schedule delay.
• Manage all field‑related payload subsystem issues, coordinate with necessary stakeholders, and track status from identification to completion.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, configuration records, and test reports, and ensure all deliverables conform to program requirements and quality standards.
• Update interface control, change requests, and risk mitigation activities, coordinating corrective actions and schedule adjustments with stakeholders to minimize program impact.
• Provide training, technical briefings, and operational support to field personnel and customer representatives to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient payload operations.
• Collaborate with a multi‑disciplinary team of engineers and non‑engineers to determine effective technical solutions that are innovative, practical, and consistent with organizational objectives.
• Periodically participate in engineering working groups to represent design intent while maintaining awareness and consideration of sustainment priorities.

• 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 Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience working with electronic warfare payload systems.
• Experience working with aerospace payloads systems and subsystems.
• Proficient in understanding and following technical manuals and repair manuals.
• Deep and diverse background in aviation payloads systems and sub‑systems.
• Payload integration and interfacing expertise (mechanical mounts/fixtures, harnessing, mass/CG, fit checks).
• Proficiency preparing and validating field analysis reports and associated hazard analyses/mitigations.
• Experience with military specs and standards.
• A U.S. Citizen with active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance or active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

• Current Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance obtained within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation.
• Prior field engineer, mission, or maintenance engineering support experience.
• Willingness to support a dynamic work schedule, travel to remote locations, and frequently respond to pressing needs on short notice.
• Effective communication with design engineers and collaboration with other aerospace specialties during development and testing of repair procedures or processes.

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