RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 is seeking a Sr. Principal Engineer Systems Test.  This position will be located in Huntsville, Alabama and will support the Sentinel program.  This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do: 

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. Additionally, possess excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management. In this role, the candidate will support lab operations build-up / integration of hardware and software units, enforcement of lab operations processes and support hardware / software testing activities. They will be responsible for coordinating lab scheduling, development and integration. Familiarity with engineering drawings, network diagrams and schematics and various test equipment is required for this position. A successful candidate will work in a dynamic people-focused environment where they will interact with users, customers and other engineers. This individual is expected to alert management to recurring problems and patterns of problems. Additionally, they will support anomaly investigation / troubleshooting as well as implement best practices and demonstrates good hardware configuration management and tool accountability. 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 
• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 
• 401k 
• Educational Assistance 
• Life Insurance 
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions  
• Paid Time Off  
• Health & Wellness Resources  
• Employee Discounts 

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.  

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• 8 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors Degree; 6 years with a Masters; 4 years with a PhD; 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.

• US Citizenship with an Active Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) certification.

• Familiarity with lab equipment (DMMs, O-scopes, Spectrum Analyzers, etc.) and lab processes (ESD, FOD, Configuration Management, etc.)

• Experience operating in an Agile environment using any of the Atlassian software tool sets (JIRA, Confluence)

• Experience in a lab / test environment

• Experience with Linux operating systems

• Experience with Cisco routers and Switches.

• Ability to install software packages and patches.

• Must hold one or more current CompTIA certifications for an IAT Level II (GSEC, Security+ or SSCP) or higher to satisfy DOD 8570-1M requirement.  

• Familiarity with COTS network management and configuration systems.

• Ability to effectively communicate issues and help provide solutions across teams / sites. 

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• US Citizenship with an Active Top-Secret Clearance or higher (awarded within the past 6 years) with the ability to obtainel Special Access Program (SAP) certification.

• A Bachelors Degree or higher in a STEM related field

• Experience using basic electronic test equipment, Python Scripting for test bench automation, Test Operations and Conduct

• Ability to troubleshoot system using built in OS functionality and system logs.

• Perform OS tuning, understand networking, perform user management, and perform security hardening, review OS logs as needed and perform system backups. 

• The successful candidate will have experience with scripting, particularly in shell scripting. Any experience with SH and CSH variants, Python, or Powershell would be helpful. 

• Computer system performance analysis.

• Experience with vSphere and/or VMware Cloud Foundation

• Experience with Cloud practices and Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC) principles

• Experience with Ansible

• Operates independently with limited to no supervision, and the ability to establish a solid working relationship with technical staff, peers, and customers.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical skills.

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Salary Range: $119,200.00 - $178,800.00

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.