Equipment Engineering

Company: Northrop Grumman Careers
Location: Melbourne
Posted on: September 2, 2024

Job Description:

Category: Engineering
- Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
- Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
- At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Northrop Grumman's Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking a Principal Mission Management Equipment Responsible Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in defining the future. The Mission Management Equipment Engineer in this role must possess in-depth knowledge of computers and electronics for mission processing and data storage and experience in the definition, design, integration, test, and certification of related hardware and software requirements and will be responsible for one or more of the following:

- Design and develop computer and network architectures, perform hardware integration and testing, and requirements analysis

- Trade studies, documenting subsystem architectures, analyzing performance, and evaluating Technology Readiness Level (TRL) with regard to supplier current and future products offerings

- Document designs using detailed schematics, diagrams and specifications

- Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders to integrate mission management subsystems to meet platform mission objectives

- Technical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support

- Developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work

- 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

A successful Communications Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.

Principal Mission Management Equipment Responsible Engineer (T03)

- 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; AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

- Must have an active DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope (granted or renewed within the last 6 years).

- Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance

- Demonstrated experience in Ethernet-based networking design, to include IP address planning, switching, and routing

- Working knowledge of cyber security and Risk Managed Framework (RMF), STIGs and associated elements

- Experience with integration of COTS electronics into military systems

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering

- Possess a DODD 8570 certifications, such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or similar network/security certifications

- Demonstrated knowledge in the areas of Ethernet based avionics bus interfaces, integrated avionics systems, and operational ground systems

- Demonstrated understanding of IP address planning, VLANs, ACLs, encapsulation, switching, routing, QoS, service and/or application protocols

- Experience with authentication and data encryption methods, to include securing communications at either the data-link or network layer

- Experience with embedded systems, Unix and Linux operating systems, non-Cisco routing environments, single board computers, servers and Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions

- Experience with working on a multidisciplinary team and writing technical proposals

- Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management

- An active Top Secret clearance

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. 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.
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. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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