Staff Electromechanical Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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 Space Systems is seeking a Hardware and Infrastructure Systems Engineer to join our team supporting a tactical edge program. This position would be based in Aurora, Colorado.

The selected candidate for this role will be someone with experience applying electrical, electronic and mechanical principles to components and systems. The role will include decomposing system level requirements, developing acceptance criteria for verification for compute, datacenter, environmental and antenna systems.

The candidate will support and participate in the design, test, modification, assembly and integration of prototype electromechanical systems supporting RF antennas as part of a larger system infrastructure.

A successful candidate will have experience that includes RF equipment design, integration, verification, or deployment.

The selected candidate will be someone who can successfully:

• Utilize sound technical writing to decompose system level requirements, provide presentations at an appropriate level for customer change request briefings, discussions at DRB, PMR, and discussions regarding future capability.
• Understand network architectures at a WAN and LAN level and has experience integrating a variety of satcom into a system architecture.
• Apply technical knowledge of mechanical and electronics principles to provide context and severity/priority to documented equipment failures and components in an infrastructure architecture as the relate to overall system reliability and availability.
• Attend meetings with government employees and other contractor teams, demonstrate proficiency and initiative in daily activities and always carry a professional attitude towards customers and colleagues.
• Ability to apply industry best practice as a system integrator to oversee appropriate material handling, safety, and configuration management by NG and subcontractor teams.
• Position may require planned travel quarterly or less.

Additionally, preferred abilities for this role include:

• Experience writing/reviewing BOEs for proposals
• Technical subcontract management or coordination experience
• Experience deploying equipment to OCONUS sites
• Experience with site surveys

Travel is expected up to 10% of the time. This position requires being onsite and does not support remote or hybrid work.

Basic Qualifications

• 12+ Years of relevant experience with a completed Bachelor's degree in STEM; 10+ Years of relevant experience with a completed Master's degree in STEM; OR 8+ Years of relevant experience with a completed PhD in STEM [a completed degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) is required to be considered for this role]
• Must have Active/Final TS/SCI security clearance at time of application, with eligibility/willingness to submit (and pass) to a counterintelligence polygraph if/when needed
• Possess and demonstrate work-related experience with the design, installation, integration, operation, maintenance, and repair of ground support systems
• Possess system-level test experience working with antenna/ground infrastructure hardware
• Previous deployment experience working on location and/or in the field to support the Department of Defense and/or the Intelligence Community is highly desirable.
• SATCOM system experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Design of outdoor enclosures
• Experience with HVAC Units and power distribution equipment
• Practical EW/RF systems knowledge gained through design, construction, and or tactical communications system experience is a plus

Salary Range: $171,000.00 - $256,400.00

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.

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.