Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA or Palmdale, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization.
Roles and Responsibilities will include:
Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system throughout the entire development, demonstration, and test phases.
Understand all system requirements, develop statements of work, specifications and interface control documents, prepare, monitor and update program schedules, conduct and participate in all related design reviews, and provide technical guidance to the cross-functional team.
Perform subsystem trades, analysis of alternatives, modeling, and simulation for mission effects, data, or capabilities (including air vehicles, payloads, ground segments, mission planning, CONOPS, DRM, system security, and interfaces)
Develop, execute, and document lab test procedures and validation plans (including signal chaining, link budgets, interference checks, and pass/fail criteria) and capture test results and anomalies
Configure and operate RF and network testbeds/emulators (including channel emulators, attenuators, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and protocol/network simulators) to reproduce operational environments
Troubleshoot hardware/software integration issues across RF front end, digital baseband, modem stacks, and network interfaces
Support configuration management and lab readiness: maintain test fixtures, instrumentation calibration records, test scripts, version control for test artifacts, and produce concise technical reports for stakeholders
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 25% may be required.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline and 4 years of related engineering experience.
Practical experience working with integrating payload systems
Requirements management, system integration, test plan development, and test execution of a payload system
Generation and update of specifications in DOORS, including requirements traceability and dxl script development
Familiarity with Systems Engineering tools and MBSE applications (e.g. DOORs, Cameo, Magicdraw, etc.)
Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Presenting analysis that shapes the system design and obtaining end-customer buy-in
Creating and refining Model Based System Engineering products (System behavioral models, Use Case realizations, State Machines, etc.)
Capability assessments to predict requirement compliance
Generating and reporting system Technical Performance Measures
Interface development and documentation
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