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Northrop Grumman · 14 hours ago

Principal Systems Engineer / Sr. Principal Systems Engineer

Warner Robins, GA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$98K/yr - $148K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer for their Integrated Mission Solutions organization. The role involves supporting radar development and sustainment programs, requiring technical expertise and collaborative skills within a fast-paced team.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Support production, repair, sustainment, and testing activities for radar systems

Radio frequency (RF) design, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for radar systems, to include Line Replaceable Units (LRUs), Line Replaceable Modules (LRMs), and circuit card assemblies (CCAs)

Perform Diminishing Manufacturing Sources (DMS) Resolution and Design Try-Outs (DTOs) for legacy radar systems

Provide laboratory support for hardware upgrades, sustainment, and testing

Maintain and upgrade legacy test stations

Use RF and Systems Engineering knowledge to develop new requirements, increase capabilities, and modernize legacy radar systems

Qualification

Radar systemsRF designTroubleshootingElectrical EngineeringLab test equipmentDigital signal processingTest plansEngineering change proposalsTeam collaboration

Required

Principal Systems Engineer: Minimum of 5 years of direct relevant experience with B.S. degree; Minimum of 3 years of direct relevant experience with Master's degree; Minimum of 1 year of direct relevant experience with PhD. B.S, M.S., or PhD must be in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering

Sr. Principal Systems Engineer: Minimum of 8 years of direct relevant experience with B.S. degree; Minimum of 6 years of direct relevant experience with Master's degree; Minimum of 4 years of direct relevant experience with PhD. B.S, M.S., or PhD must be in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Biomedical Engineering

Experience working with a team of engineers to accomplish projects and tasks

Experience in development, sustainment, integration, and testing of radar systems

Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex hardware/systems problems

Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meter, spectrum analyzer, etc

Must currently hold or be able to maintain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance

Preferred

Current DoD Secret level clearance (or higher)

Prior professional experience in radar, or prior professional experience in immediately transferrable domain skills such as digital signal processing, RF system design and sustainment, DMS resolution, CCA design and troubleshooting, etc

Experience with hardware design, to include cable assemblies, circuit card assemblies, test stations, etc

Experience in aviation and/or Department of Defense programs

Experience with RF test equipment and hardware-in-the-loop testing

Experience with developing and/or using LabView

Experience developing and writing test plans, test reports, and engineering change proposals (ECPs)