Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics – Mission Processing

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Electrical

Sr. Principal Engineer Electronics for Mission Processing at Northrop Grumman, focusing on definition, design, integration, test, and certification of hardware and software requirements for computers, displays, data storage, networks, and crypto. Requires a STEM degree, significant engineering experience, model-based systems engineering, supplier management, and a Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications
  2. Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate mission management subsystems to meet platform mission objectives
  3. Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
  4. Developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
  5. Building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM or equivalent experience
  • 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering (or Master's with 6 years)
  • Experience developing model-based systems engineering products and/or Mission Engineering in Cameo or similar tools
  • Experience in supplier/subcontract management
  • Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work
  • Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection
  • Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review
  • Active US Government Secret Clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with network, commercial cloud, platform infrastructures and containerized software architecture
  • Familiarity with Digital Engineering processes and environments
  • Knowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation
  • Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Demonstrated ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently
  • Experience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
  • Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • Secret Clearance