Comsec Engineer Jobs

1 job found

Today

Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer

Northrop Grumman San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

Today

$142k - $213k/yr Full time Electrical Engineering Senior Comsec

Apply Now

Job Description

This Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer role with Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems focuses on supporting a communications payloads subsystem on-site in Rancho Bernardo, CA or Palmdale, CA. The position requires a Top Secret clearance, travel up to 25 percent, and reports to the subsystem engineering technical lead and program manager.

Responsibilities

Evaluate stakeholder, system, and regulatory requirements; decompose high level requirements into hardware and software subsystems, interfaces, and observable verification criteria.
Develop and maintain system architecture models, interface control documents (ICDs), and traceability matrices to ensure design decisions align with requirements and support downstream verification and integration.
Support communication subsystem integration and verification activities, including lab tests, link margin analysis, and environmental testing; document test procedures and results, and iterate designs to meet acceptance criteria.
Coordinate the communication subsystem technical requirements with the supplier management team.
Manage suppliers to evaluate new technologies and determine their viability to meet program requirements.
Conduct comprehensive trade studies and analyses to assess benefits and drawbacks of new communication hardware and software.
Collaborate with program management to develop program schedules, assess risks and issues, and deliver technical recommendations to stakeholders.
Address and rectify deliverable subsystem performance concerns using program approved tools and systems.
Identify opportunities for deliverable system improvements and work with engineering teams to implement them in accordance with the approved program process.
Report the communications subsystem status to programmatic and technical leadership, and highlight risks, issues, and concerns to prevent cost or schedule impact.
Provide direct user support, engineering expertise, and troubleshooting during test events.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related engineering experience; or a Master's with 6 years; or a PhD with 4 years.
Experience integrating communications and network systems.
Experience with RF and network based test equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, and power meters.
Technical development and systems integration experience.
Experience managing suppliers.
Active US Government Top Secret Clearance with a background investigation within the past six years or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance.
Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a timeframe determined by business needs.

Technologies

Oscilloscopes
Spectrum analyzers
Network analyzers
Power meters
Network Encryption Devices INE, HAIPE
MIL-STD-1553
RS-232
RS-422
Ethernet IPv4/IPv6

Benefits

Health insurance
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
PTO for vacation and personal time
Long term incentives
Annual bonuses

View full job page →

Get Comsec Engineer Jobs alerts

New Comsec Engineer Jobs, daily.