Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service / Senior Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service (Mayfield FL)

Northrop Grumman · United States

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service or Senior Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service to join the team of qualified individuals in our Systems Engineering Organization. This role is located onsite in Mayport, FL

This position requires 6+ months of training on a Domestic Assignment to San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA with some travel to other US locations such as Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL. Final assignment location in Mayport, Florida.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility . There is no remote work available for this role . Shifts will become 12-hour shifts that could include nights, weekends, and/or holidays. Outside of traveling for initial training, this position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time .

Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Provide real time support to flight operations and maintenance, addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR, airborne recorder, and link16 to include fault isolation, remediation, and resolution
• Coordinate work with site leadership and confirm that Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) are in place for all required work
• Adhere to checklists and procedures to ensure repeated success and providing redlines to procedures when necessary
• Communicate complex technical issues to local support, the Degrader Action Cell (DAC), Main Operation Bases (MOBs), and Responsible Engineers (REs)
• Support and lead air crew engagement for proper techniques in solving complex analysis of technical problems that arise during operations
• Assist with trend analysis as needed for Responsible Engineers (REs)
• Assist AVO with Main Operating Base comms (voice), networks, and other AVO interfaces
• Attain and employ expertise across all supported sensor and communications systems

***This position can be filled at either the Principal Payloads Field Service Engineer OR Senior Principal Payloads Field Service Engineer, depending upon the qualifications below.***

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service:

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline AND 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline AND 1 year of related engineering experience.
• Must have ability to successfully complete required training in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA with some travel to other US locations such as Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL.
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP. This certificate must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Must have competence in Linux, troubleshooting, engineering documents, tools, and equipment
• Must have familiarity with payloads operations and/or comms/networking operations
• Must have a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Must have the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI Clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Engineer Systems - Payloads Field Service:

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline AND 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in a STEM discipline AND 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related engineering experience.
• Must have ability to successfully complete required training in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA with some travel to other US locations such as Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL.
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP. This certificate must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Must have competence in Linux, troubleshooting, engineering documents, tools, and equipment
• Must have familiarity with payloads operations and/or comms/networking operations
• Must have a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
• Must have the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI Clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
• 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:

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Active DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP.
• Demonstrated understanding of MQ-4C sensors and communications payloads
• Experience with test equipment: network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
• MPO/TC operator system knowledge
• System Administrator experience
• Operations and Maintenance experience at a field site