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Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.At Northrop Grumman we develop cutting-edge technology that preserves freedom and advances human discovery. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of technological advancement in our nation’s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We continue to innovate with developments from launching the first commercial flight to space, to discovering the early beginnings of the universe. Our employees are not only part of history, but they are also making history.\nNorthrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Sr. Principal Communications/Co-site Electronics Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL and will be based within our office spaces to support the program and business needs. Operating on our 9/80 schedule means you will get every other Friday off. This position has NO Hybrid or Remote work available.\nThe selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team in a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful candidate will contribute to the overall development and integration of RF Subsystems, including analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements.\nJob Responsibilities:\nSupport development and integration of communications and other RF subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives\n\nRequirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into derived specifications\n\nPerform Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis\n\nConduct detailed trade studies\n\nPerform risk analysis and develop mitigation plans and track to closure\n\nCollaborate with engineers and program stakeholders\n\nDevelop and maintain supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work\n\nTechnical management of program strategic partners and suppliers, including development, acquisition, acceptance, qualification, system integration and test support\n\nReview documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews\n\nIdentifying/planning/executing informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab\n\nPerforming aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off\n\nSupport technical discussions with the customer and have daily interaction with management, external personnel, customers, and various sub teams\n\nA successful candidate has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.\nBasic Qualifications:\nSr. Principal: Bachelor’s degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering, or Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 6 years of related professional/military experience.\n\nKnowledge of electromagnetics in the RF spectrum (VHF through Ka bands)\n\nAbility to design, select and characterize RF components to meet mission objectives\n\nExperience in Computational Electromagnetic (CEM) antenna analysis for source/victim (co-site) analysis\n\nExperience in one or more of the following:\nDesigning, integrating, testing, installing, operating LOS and BLOS communication systems in airborne military applications\n\nExperience with voice, military and network waveforms\n\nExperience with cryptographic implementations\n\nDemonstrated problem-solving ability and data analysis experience\n\nKnowledge of system engineering design methods, including requirements analysis and flow-down, specification derivation and interface control documentation\n\nMust have an active US Government Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation) and any program access required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company\n\nAbility to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience in model-based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools\n\nExperience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools\n\nFamiliarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)\n\nExperience in supplier/subcontract management\n\nExperience with developing supplier documentation, performance-based specifications, and statements of work\n\nExperience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection\n\nAbility to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review\n\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00The 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.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. 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. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. 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