Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics – Mission Processing

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Melbourne, FL offers an on-site role focused on mission processing hardware and software. This Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics – Mission Processing position supports definition, design, integration, test, and certification activities, with eligibility for Secret and Top Secret clearances. The role requires no hybrid or remote work and may involve up to 10% travel. The compensation range is USD 122,800 to 184,200 per year, complemented by a robust benefits package.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Long Term Incentives

Responsibilities

• Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications
• Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate mission management subsystems to meet platform mission objectives
• Provide technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
• Develop supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Build supplier evaluation criteria and maintain experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
• Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of related professional/military engineering experience, or a Master's degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience
• Experience developing model-based systems engineering products and/or Mission Engineering in Cameo or similar tools
• Experience in supplier/subcontract management
• Experience developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
• Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
• Ability to review supplier development documents and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
• Active US Government Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation) and access to any program required for the position
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance
• Familiarity with network, commercial cloud, platform infrastructures and containerized software architecture
• Familiarity with Digital Engineering processes and environments
• Knowledge of systems engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a close team environment
• Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and work independently in a self-directed manner
• Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience and/or certification with cloud and container management and security technologies such as VMware, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Docker, Red Hat OpenShift, Amazon ECS, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and Nomad

Technologies

• Cameo
• SysML
• Jira
• Confluence
• VMware
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Docker
• Red Hat OpenShift
• Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
• Docker Swarm
• Kubernetes
• Nomad