Northrop Grumman Australia · 21 hours ago
Principal or Sr Principal Engineer Field
United States-Illinois-Rolling Meadows
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$90K/yr - $135K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. They are seeking a Principal or Sr Principal Field Engineer to join their Field Engineering team, where the role involves executing field maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks for the LITENING EO/IR targeting system.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Serve as a member of the LITENING Field Engineering team; responsible for executing field maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair tasks to ensure system readiness
Collaborate with the engineering team to execute hands-on technical tasks during pod installation, system testing, and integration to ensure seamless performance and operational readiness
Work closely with the Military/Government customers as well as internal Northrop Grumman engineering teams
Troubleshoot technical problems and issues, determine technical solutions in accordance with product customer specifications, and recommend actions to company or customer representatives for coordination of product solution
Conduct technical training and product briefing with customers and company representatives
Qualification
Required
5 Years of experience with a Bachelors degree; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Strong knowledge, understanding, & experience with EO/IR targeting systems
Effective verbal and written communication, and ability to work in a team environment
Ability and willingness to travel to customer locations that include business trips and short term travel to customer facilities at CONUS locations and occasional OCONUS locations. Must be willing and able to travel up to 75%
U.S. Citizenship required and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
8 Years of experience with a Bachelors degree; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
Strong knowledge, understanding, & experience with EO/IR targeting systems
Effective verbal and written communication, and ability to work in a team environment
Ability and willingness to travel to customer locations that include business trips and short term travel to customer facilities at CONUS locations and occasional OCONUS locations. Must be willing and able to travel up to 75%
U.S. Citizenship required and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance
Preferred
Experience with operating, maintaining, and instructing the LITENING system
Experience with military flightline operations, support systems, and maintenance
Competence in hardware/software troubleshooting and engineering documentation
Experience working with design engineering on programs in development or EMD phases
Experience working alongside logistics teams in hardware management operations
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