Northrop Grumman Australia · 2 months ago
Principal OR Sr. Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer
United States-Washington-Oak Harbor
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Electronics Engineer - Payloads Field Service Engineer to join their team in Oak Harbor, WA. The role involves providing operations and maintenance support for MQ-4C Triton sensors and communications systems, acting as an on-site engineer, and collaborating with various teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Representing the organization as the on-site engineer for communications, networks, and payload subsystems
Applying system knowledge to communicate complex technical issues to local site leadership, the Degrader Action Cell (DAC), Forward Operation Bases (FOBs), and Responsible Engineers (REs)
Under direction of the DAC as system Technical Authority, reviewing and analyzing engineering schematics, NGC and supplier design data, and functional test artifacts to troubleshoot system issues
Acting as liaison for internal Northrop Grumman engineering teams to ensure repeated success, providing redlines to procedures when necessary
Providing real time support to flight operations and addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR, airborne recorder, and link16 to include fault isolation, remediation, and resolution
Following priorities set by local site leadership, perform system performance evaluations and assist with trend analysis as needed for Responsible Engineers (REs)
Interact with local site leadership and Active Duty/Government customers on technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations
Coordinating work with site leadership and confirming that Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) are in place for all required work
Perform nominal recovery procedures and provide immediate feedback to Government Mission Payload Operators (MPOs) during sorties
Assist Government Air Vehicle Operators (AVOs) with Main Operating Base comms (voice), networks, and other AVO interfaces
Capture relevant information from shift in logs, perform hotwash after sorties, and deliver pass-down to ongoing support team
Attain and employ expertise across all supported sensor and communications systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 1 year of related engineering experience
Ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP. This certificate must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Competence in Linux, troubleshooting, engineering documents, tools and equipment
Familiarity with payloads operations or comms/networking operations
Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access
Must have the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance. This SAP must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 4 years of related engineering experience
Preferred
Active DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP
Demonstrated understanding of MQ-4C sensors and communications payloads
CCNA / CCNP Certification
Experience with test equipment: network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
MPO/TC operator system knowledge
System Administrator experience
Operations and Maintenance experience at a field site
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase