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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics System's Avionics Integration organization has an opening for a Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware) or Senior Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware). The position is located in Palmdale, California.

This position will be responsible for working within an integrated product team (IPT) structure to perform engineering capture, build, integration, test, and maintenance of communications hardware in laboratory and field settings. This includes the specification and usage of specialized test and support equipment.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Design of rack-based communication, test, support equipment, and cabling to meet system requirements, to include:

• Perform electrical and mechanical (signal, power & thermal) analysis at the rack level

• Generation of engineering drawings in accordance with ASME and IEEE standards, including rack assembly drawings, interconnect wiring diagrams and custom cable assemblies

• Specification of rack cabling (RF, optical, 1553, power) and cooling systems

Production and fielding of hardware, to include:

• Installation of communication, test and support equipment in lab and field environments

• Providing lab and site integration, test, and maintenance support

• Participate in troubleshooting systems to resolve complex issues, interact and coordinate with responsible communications engineers responsible for sustaining communication sub-systems

Management of production environment and engineering teams:

• Contribute to improvement of processes and designs for current and future efforts

• Support Project Engineer functions to include management of budget, cost, and schedule

• Provide customer support and coordination

This position can be filled at either the Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware) or Senior Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware) level, depending upon the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware):

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field from an accredited university with 5 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with 0 years of relevant engineering experience

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Must be physically able to move up to 50 lbs and have color vision to identify cables and wires

• Must have working knowledge of governing and industry standards to include MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-100G, and ASME Y14.100

• Must have experience with drawing and release tools - (such as CATIA V5, Visio, Teamcenter Enterprise)

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with investigation or re-investigation date within the last 5 years or be enrolled in Continuous Evaluation

• Ability to obtain and maintain access to Special Programs (SAP). This SAP must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Electronics Engineer (Communications Hardware):

• Bachelor's Degree in a STEM field from an accredited university with 9 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a Master's Degree in STEM with 7 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with 4 years of relevant engineering experience

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• Must be physically able to move up to 50 lbs and have color vision to identify cables and wires

• Must have working knowledge of governing and industry standards to include MIL-STD-1553, MIL-STD-1760, MIL-STD-100G, and ASME Y14.100

• Must have experience with drawing and release tools - (such as CATIA V5, Visio, Teamcenter Enterprise)

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with investigation or re-investigation date within the last 5 years or be enrolled in Continuous Evaluation

• Ability to obtain and maintain access to Special Programs (SAP). This SAP must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

• Experience with Earned Value Management to include management of tasking through and Integrated Master Schedule

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an aptitude to learn new material quickly

• Self-directed technical performer with demonstrated experience leading multi-disciplinary technical trades, and ability to develop and execute to a strategy

• Working knowledge of various communication protocols including Ethernet, 1553 bus systems and FibreChannel

• Working knowledge of communication engineering theory and RF systems

• Experience with production of complex systems

Salary Range: $107,300 - $160,900

Salary Range 2: $133,000 - $199,600

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.