Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer

Position Summary

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 Sr Principal Electronics Engineer to join our team in Palmdale, Ca. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct.

• Oversee Test automation strategies that connect unit, integration, quality and system test.
• Work with current budget for implementation with the ability to advise program management and acquire additional budget to achieve the long‑term goal (start small, move to more automation leading to full CI/CD).
• Work in development, lab, and operational environments; understand the differences between those settings and ensure that integration and the testing of complex system components are applicable to the appropriate environment.
• Perform integration and troubleshooting of electronics, avionics and software components across multiple networks interfacing with customer SMEs. Ensure that documentation is created and maintained to allow others to integrate in the future.
• Facilitate collaboration with software developers, system engineers, hardware engineers, and integration/test engineers to diagnose and identify the root cause of problems found during software installation, integration, acceptance test, and operational events.
• Use in‑depth system knowledge to develop workable interim solutions that keep a capable system operating while software or hardware changes are being implemented, allowing testing and operational events to proceed.
• Develop and execute installation, integration, and acceptance test procedures.
• Utilize familiarity with the full development life‑cycle processes that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Develop clear and concise detailed technical documentation.
• Submit detailed problem reports for errors found.
• The role will be a hybrid of significantly diverse assignments in a collaborative/team setting across all levels.
• Support project‑management tasks associated with the Statement of Work to include serving as a work‑package manager, coordinating budget, scope, and schedule, and providing QBDs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM 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 5 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience in integration and testing of software and hardware components in Unix and Windows environments.
• Ability to lead installation, integration, and acceptance testing.
• Ability to obtain a Security+ certification.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and within a reasonable time to meet business needs.
  
  Note:
  
  SAP/PAR will be upgraded once the candidate is in role, so the candidate must also obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Excellent two‑way communication skills (upward and downward).
• Excellent communication,…