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Requisition ID: R10178531
- Category:Â Engineering
- Location: Warner Robins, Georgia, United States of America
- Clearance Type:Â Secret
- Telecommute:Â No- Teleworking not available for this position
- Shift:Â Days (United States of America)
- Travel Required:Â Yes, 10% of the Time
- Relocation Assistance:Â Relocation assistance may be available
- Positions Available:Â 3
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Sector has a need for a Principal or Sr Principal Systems Engineer at its Subsystem and Software Sustainment (S&SS) organization in Warner Robins, GA. This engineering position is for a role on our Systems Engineering Team. In this role you will be supporting Electronic Warfare and Radar Development programs. Our ideal candidate will possess technical expertise, a drive to lead from where you are, collaborative people skills, and the proven ability to work within a technically diverse and fast-paced team. This position is in Warner Robins, GA and requires that you work on-site daily.
Your responsibilities will include:
Perform hands-on integration and testing of sophisticated Electronic Warfare and Radar systems, including both hardware and software components in development and production environments.
Generate and update system and sub-system level specifications and ensure verification traceability (tracing requirements to test plans/procedures/results).
Develop and execute detailed test plans, test schedules, and test procedures.
Provide integration laboratory support for software release testing
Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.
Act as the primary point of contact for team-related issues and provide regular progress updates, risks and blockers to senior management.
Coordinate the workload and assignments of a small team, ensuring efficient execution of engineering tasks.
Maintain a backlog of tasks and set team priorities in a manner consistent with the program development schedule.
**This position may be filled at the Principal Engineer Systems OR Sr. Principal Engineer Systems level.
Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer Systems:Â Â
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 years of direct relevant experience with PhD.
System test, analysis, and/or integration experience.
Experience with MATLAB or equivalent programming/analysis languages.
Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meter, spectrum analyzers, etc.
Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex HW/SW integration problems.
Basic understanding of Radar or EW principles.
Must currently hold or be able to obtain and maintain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance.
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Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Engineer Systems:Â Â
Minimum of 9 years of direct relevant experience with B.S degree; Minimum of 7 years of direct relevant experience with Master’s degree; Minimum of 5 years of direct relevant experience with PhD.
System test, analysis, and/or integration experience
Experience with MATLAB or equivalent programming/analysis languages.
Experience with lab test equipment such as function generator, oscilloscope, multi-meter, spectrum analyzers, etc.
Experience troubleshooting and resolving complex HW/SW integration problems.
Basic understanding of Radar or EW principles.
Must currently hold or be able to obtain and maintain a U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
Prior professional experience either in Radar or Electronic Warfare, or prior professional experience in immediately transferrable domain skills such as digital signal processing, digital beamforming, adaptive processing, or tracking algorithms.
Experience developing system simulation frameworks, performance models and algorithms, threat models, and command and control models.
Experience in development, integration and testing of large-scale systems.
Experience with deriving system/software requirements and developing test plans and procedures.
Experience in aviation and/or Department of Defense programs.
Proficient with RF test equipment.
Experience with EW software, systems and testing.
Experience testing software and/or systems.
Experience leading test efforts and organizing test teams.
Experience with Hardware in the Loop testing.
Experience using Jira/Bitbucket/Git.
Experience interfacing with customers and/or stakeholders.
Electrical/Systems Engineering Degree
WRJan2025
Salary Range: $95,300 - $142,900Salary Range 2: $118,600 - $178,000
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.
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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
