RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time
DescriptionNorthrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Staff Engineer Electronics to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. This onsite position is in Melbourne, FL.
The Staff Engineer Electronics in this role will serve as the Avionics Deputy Lead and must possess in-depth knowledge of Avionics for mission processing in addition to personnel and operations management and will be responsible for one or more of the following:
- Perform Control Account Management (CAM) duties
- Coordinate with technical leadership in a cross functional Integrated Program Team (IPT) to meet program cost, schedule, and technical objectives
- Serve as DOA for programmatic and technical meetings, presentations, and reviews
- Drive to completion Avionics preparation for SETR events with the customer
- Develop and deliver presentations to customers, management, and other program stakeholders
- Interpret, allocate, tailor, write and flow down requirements to all levels of a system architecture
- Analyze/Review Trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings
- Manage completion of document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications
- Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to ensure effective integration of avionics subsystems to meet platform mission objectives
- Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
- Building supplier evaluation criteria and 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
Basic Qualifications:- Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 12 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Master's degree from an accredited university AND 10 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. (STEM) AND 9 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.
- Must have an active Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed within the last 6 years) with the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Clearance.
- Demonstrated experience in the Integration and testing of aircraft flight deck/mission Avionics systems and components including Position, Navigation, and Timing, Flight Displays & Controls, and other various avionics systems
- Demonstrated experience with supplier/subcontract management, working on a multidisciplinary team and/or writing technical proposals
- Experience with Earned Value Management
- Experience with Risk and Opportunity Management
- Experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems
- Experience in COTS / MIL-COTS hardware functional design and performance analysis
- Experience with trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) regarding supplier current and future products offerings
- Experience with system modeling and requirements management tools (Cameo, DOORS, Rhapsody, JIRA, Confluence, etc.), developing/maturing requirements, and tracing requirements through various levels.
- Experience leading/guiding teams through product definition and implementation
- Experience communicating with and presenting to senior leadership
- Demonstrated proposal, budget & scheduling proficiency and business acumen
- Experience collaborating on large interdisciplinary teams
Preferred Qualifications:- Active Top Secret clearance
- Master's or Ph.D Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering or a Master's in Business Administration
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
- Pilot Certification (Commercial, Test Pilot school graduate)
- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00
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.
Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.
