Northrop Grumman Australia · 2 months ago
Principal EO/IR Engineer
United States-Florida-Melbourne
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$95K/yr - $143K/yr
3+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, seeking a Principal EO/IR Engineer to join their team in Melbourne, FL. The role involves developing and integrating electro-optical infrared systems, performing analyses, and collaborating with engineers and suppliers to meet mission objectives.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Support development and integration of electro-optical subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives
Design and analyze EO/IR signal processing algorithms and software
Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications
Perform MBSE and capturing requirements, interfaces, behaviors, structures and parametrics
Perform performance and functional analyses
Conducting detailed trade studies
Performing risk analysis and developing mitigation plans and tracking to closure
Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders
Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work
Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support
Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews
Identifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab
Performing aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off
Leading technical discussions with the customer and having daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams
Qualification
Required
Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. AND 1 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Knowledge of EO/IR phenomenology
Experience in lab testing, hardware/software verification, and concept development
Experience in the modeling of EOIR systems to assess performance
Preferred
Problem solving and troubleshooting skills
Good verbal and written communications skills for presentation of technical approaches, work performed, results, and findings
Ability to assimilate new concepts quickly and independently
Experience in EO/IR system and atmospheric modeling
Knowledge of digital image processing algorithms
Experience in model based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools
Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools
Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)
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
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