Principal/ Sr Principal Electronics Engineer - SW Infrastructure Lead

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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 Principal/ Sr Principal Electronics Engineer - SW Infrastructure Lead - to join the team of qualified individuals on our Avionics Team. This role is located onsite in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA.

 

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.  There is NO remote / hybrid / telework available for this position.  Travel up to 25% may be required.

 

The successful candidate will be a results-oriented technical project lead and infrastructure manager covering projects across network architecture, infrastructure, and data storage, providing guidance and leadership to enable the buildup of a scalable infrastructure to support robust communication across assets, centralized capabilities, and data dissemination. This person needs to bring a collaborative leadership style, and the ability to drive technical maturation/evolution across a portfolio of programs, contracts, and Operating Units that will often have varied and/or conflicting needs. The successful leader acts as the Subject Matter Expert for network architecture and the buildup of our infrastructure and capabilities.

 

The SW Infrastructures Lead will rely on a significant breadth and depth of technical and leadership experience may include:

• Attend SRB to represent infra where DRs impact infrastructure
• Run separate infrastructure board similar to SRB (role would need to establish that process)
• Define when build is ready
• Ensure documentation is released
• Ensure build is tested
• Initially establish process for releasing infra builds
• Update BOMs (Bill of Materials)
• Ensure all Software is available on system (GIN)
• Build hard drive\media
• Complete paperwork to push build to various classified networks
• Work with cyber on SW scan approvals
• Ensure software support Bill of Materials released
• Ensure cyber test is run on quarterly release to ensure improved cyber posture
• Run Readiness Reviews (role would need to establish that process)
• Technical leadership over the buildup of our network infrastructure and directly leads to the technical execution of network/infrastructure development and implementation.
• Ownership over the development of all network documentation, including high-level and detailed design, topology depictions, port and protocol documentation, security boundaries/classifications, IP and tunneling, etc.
• Leads the development, decomposition and documentation of system-segment-software/hardware requirements
• Ensures the right solutions are being developed, via collaboration with internal stakeholders and end-user/customer counterparts.
• Serves as a PoC for network/infrastructure reach-back.
• Provides technical leadership over suppliers/subcontractors, as needed.
• Supports risk mitigation and opportunity generation.

 

Basic Qualifications

• Principal: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 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 3 years of related professional/military experience.
• Sr. Principal: Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (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

• Experience being a technical project lead and/or Product Owner accountable to the outcome of the solutions developed
• Understanding of network architecture and topologies, protocols, IP and tunneling, and security boundaries.
• Experience in documentation, including MBSE, change packages, design depictions and requirements
• Ability to stay abreast of developments at the intersection of data science and technology
• Experience engaging cross-functional teams

• Must have an active US Government Top-Secret Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government SCI clearance 
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree, or other relevant, advanced, technical degree
• Cloud-based architecture, and virtual network expertise
• Skilled at defining, motivating and driving change across multiple contracts/business areas with a dual focus on supporting the end-user mission and ensuring business value
• Advanced technical knowledge of network architecture and design concepts
• Self-directed leader
• Excellent communication and presentation development skills

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00

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 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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.