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Principal Engineer Electronics
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-El Segundo
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret TRAVEL: No 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. We are seeking an Engineer / Principal Research and Advanced Design Hardware Engineer to support a research area associated with our key lab environment within the Battlespace Architecture Systems and Technology (BAST) organization. The program technologies include 5G/NextG communications, machine learning, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and future wireless technologies in support of tactical applications for the warfighter. The position is located in El Segundo, CA , Telecommute/remote is not an option for this position. This position’s standard work schedule is 9/80, to allow employees every other Friday off. Responsibilities will include working through all phases of the Hardware development cycle including design, development, integration, and test. The selected individual will conduct peer reviews of Hardware-related products, hardware designs, and additional technical documents. Successful candidates are expected to be able to understand system requirements and how they apply to system design. Individuals must be self-starters and able to efficiently operate in a team environment. Existing engineering and system specialists will be made available to assist with any activities associated with executing primary tasking. However, the selected individual will be expected to prioritize and make recommendations to Technical Leads, as required, to implement tasking assigned. Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: • Work in a fast-paced environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative team settings across all levels • Participate in the full hardware development life cycle including requirements, design, implementation, qualification, and delivery of hardware products to our customers • Define subsystem functional decomposition into CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, and software • Define processor capabilities such as Gbps, latencies, throughputs • Define subsystem interface requirements, voltage levels, and suitable cabling • Perform integration activities including laboratory setup, cabling and integration with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, synthesizers • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams – including Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Software, and Integration & Test • Interpret and apply system requirements to system design and implementation, ensuring defined completion criteria are met Basic Qualifications: • Engineer: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM discipline and 2 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 0 years of experience • Principal: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related STEM discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with 3 years of experience • Experience with subsystem funct