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Sr Principal Engineer Electronics (Level 4)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-San Diego
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time Description 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Staff Electronics Engineer – Hardware and ground segment Integration Lead to join our team in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA. This position will support the RQ- 4B program. This candidate will be responsible for supporting the ground system Under the USAF TEAM supporting the Mission Systems Ground Segment Control Integrated (IPT). She or he will demonstrate the capability to independently diagnose, isolate, and resolve ground segment- related anomalies within the GHSC environment, without reliance on external engineering reach - back ensuring minimal operational downtime and sustained mission readiness. While also providing cross- enterprise troubleshooting support to NATO engineering teams to resolve complex integration issues impacting lab, enterprise, and fielded configurations. Acting as a technical bridge across organizations to ensure hardware and software, and infrastructure baselines. This candidate will be the technical lead and primary interface for the Ground Segment Control supporting deficiency investigations, development, integration, testing, and sustainment artifacts for updates to the system with a major Hardware and software supplier. Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • • Coordinating the efforts of the Hardware supplier for software programs and efforts and seeing projects through from start to finish. • • Coordinate with the subcontracts management team, systems engineering, supplier quality assurance representatives, safety engineers, cyber team, test team, logistics engineers, cost account manager, and scheduler. • • Monitor and advise on critical dependencies intercedences for Ground segment and implementation integration • • Coordinating and managing the execution of all phases of Ground Segment and minor software integration performance, including planning, new capability development, testing, deliveries, deployment, and sustainment. • • Reviewing supplier and hardware and software product documentation • • Reporting hardware upgrades and software supplier status to upper management • The selected candidate should thrive working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, engaged in significantly diverse assignments, within a collaborative/team setting across all levels of the organization. This position requires excellent communication skills to manage the Ground Segment Control hardware and software updates and ensure all design, development, and artifacts are correct. • Once in the role, this position could offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion. This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mat