RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 Defensive Systems has a need for a Systems Engineer or Principal Systems Engineer on our test team who will help lead testing efforts for Electronic Warfare programs. In this role, you will be responsible for test planning and execution including hands on testing in full system labs and assisting with data analysis of test results. This position is located in Warner Robins, GA.
 

Roles and responsibilities will include:

• Develop and publish detailed test plans, test schedules, and test procedures.

• Provide integration laboratory support for software release testing at local customer facilities.

• Support planning working groups for and participate in live test events.

• Review and evaluate test requirements to ensure completeness of test program.

• Perform technical analysis of complete systems and prepares comprehensive system level evaluations.

• Support test card development and review in collaboration with other engineering disciplines and test operations personnel.

• Support test readiness reviews, and pre/post-test briefings.

• Conduct and contributes to pre and post-test data analyses to support anomaly identification and resolution.

• Maintain metrics on status of testing and constraints

**This position may be filled at either Systems Engineer or Principal Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications for Systems Engineer : 

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or equivalent STEM related degree

• Minimum of 2 years of applicable experience with a B.S. or 0-1 years with a M.S.

• System test, analysis, and/or integration experience

• Strong understanding of system and test engineer concepts

• The ability to obtain and maintain a US Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level clearance is required

Basic Qualifications for Principal Systems Engineer:

• A minimum of 5 years of applicable experience with a Bachelor of Science or STEM related degree. or 3 years with a M.S.

• System test, analysis, and/or integration experience

• Strong understanding of system and test engineer concepts

• The ability to obtain and maintain a US Department of Defense (DoD) Secret level clearance is required

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Experience with deriving system/software requirements and developing test plans and procedures

• Experience with radar waveforms, Electronic Support (ES), and/or Electronic Warfare (EW) subsystems

• Experience running RF lab test equipment, including signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and EW specific analysis tools

• Experience with EW software, systems and testing

• Experience testing software and/or systems

• Software experience in Ada, C-type languages

• Knowledgeable in Agile software development methodology

• Experience leading test efforts and organizing test teams

• Active Secret Security Clearance

Salary Range: $75,300.00 - $112,900.00Salary Range 2: $92,600.00 - $139,000.00

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.

Employees may be eligible for 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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.