Test and Repair Engineer - Senior Principal

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 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 the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. In this role, you will support the Repair and Testing Operations of Airborne Radars and Test Sets using Radio Frequency (RF) engineering principals to support analysis and process support for legacy and emerging technologies. This is a very hands-on position working with the commodities and test sets while interfacing with vendors, in house prime mission equipment engineering, test design mechanical/electrical engineering as well as Purchasing, Operations and Manufacturing functional groups. What You’ll Get to Do: Troubleshooting and performance evaluation of older test set; Test set modification with documentation. Design and integration of new test sets. Unit under test evaluations. Documenting test procedures. Effectively interface with various internal and external customers as well as functional groups including vendors, engineering, purchasing, operations, program offices, and manufacturing. Generate technical reports, track, and report on performance. Estimate work efforts (hours and schedule) and other ongoing tasks in support of an operational system. Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or closely related technical field with 8 years of relevant experience in a test and repair environment, or a Master's with 6 years relevant experience in a test and repair environment; 12 or more years of relevant experience in a test and repair environment may be considered in lieu of a degree. Strong technical background with proven success with testing RF circuitry and troubleshooting to the component level by following schematics. Prior experience leading and/or coaching colleagues. Proficiency in MS Office is required (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Candidate must currently have, and be able to maintain an active U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance. Preferred Qualifications: Prior experience with SAP or other Material Requirements Planning/ Manufacturing Execution tool. Familiarization with a wide variety of systems including radars.