Sr. Principal Electronics Communications Engineer

Senior Electronics Communications Engineer at Northrop Grumman in Palmdale, California. This on-site role leads integrated development, architecture and requirements development, and supplier management for avionics communication programs, with up to 25 percent travel.

Compensation and Location

Location: Palmdale, CA (onsite). Salary range: USD 142,200 to 213,400 per year.

Responsibilities

• Execute the program technical baseline while coordinating appropriate suppliers to ensure requirements are met on schedule.
• Support the program manager in maintaining the technical, cost, and schedule baselines for contractual development activities.
• Lead a cross-discipline engineering team to achieve the program's technical objectives.
• Work independently to proactively identify and address risks and issues, escalating to the relevant engineering teams and program leadership.
• Provide oversight of program laboratories and align new capabilities with an enterprise system certification plan.
• Address and resolve deliverable subsystem performance concerns using program tools and systems on behalf of the leadership team.
• Identify opportunities for cost and schedule improvements and drive implementation with engineering teams in accordance with approved program processes.
• Provide hands-on support for risk reduction activities in laboratories and production facilities.

Requirements

• A STEM degree with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience working with Communications, Payloads, and Network subsystems.
• Experience integrating complex subsystems using System Engineering best practices.
• Experience collaborating with operations to gather feedback and requirements to ensure delivered systems meet customer needs.
• Experience briefing technical material in large group settings, including design reviews, program management reviews, and internal executive briefings.
• U.S. Citizen with an Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance or Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable timeframe as determined by business needs.

Technologies

• MIL-STD-1553
• RS-232/422
• Ethernet (IPv4/IPv6)

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business