US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 50% of the Time
**Description**
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our worlds biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
**At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact peoples lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of 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, theyre making history.**
**Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Senior** **Principal Electronics Engineer - Field Engineer** **to join our team of highly skilled and motivated engineers at Northrop Grumman's Autonomous Design Center of Excellence located in San Diego, California.**
**Youll be joining the Electronics & Payloads (E&P) organization. The E&P organization delivers innovative and effective mission subsystem and control solutions for our system operators' current and emerging missions, by utilizing industry leading processes and tools. E&P is responsible for many mission critical subsystems such as RF Communications, IP Networks, Radar, SIGINT, Electronic Warfare, EO/IR, Full Motion Video, Ground Moving Target Indicator, Weapons, Mission Management Computers, and Ground Control Systems.**
**An ideal candidate will work as a strong individual contributor. They will be exposed to opportunities to improve overall processes and contribute to decisions that affect the team directly. They will work with both the field engineering team and the infrastructure team as a liaison to improve team processes and overall operational efficiency.**
**Essential Functions:**
**- Utilize technical knowledge to execute a statement of work that will include the configuration of Network resources, Solaris, Windows and Virtual Machines (VM)**
**- Responsible for installing, integrating, and testing configurations hardware in complex IT systems.**
**- Act as a technical resource facilitate tier 2 support and work with senior engineers to obtain viable solutions for fielded issues.**
**- Document issues in Jira, Team Center and confluence.**
**Basic Qualifications:**
**Bachelor Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) and 9 or more years of engineering experience; or Master Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) and 7 or more years of experience; or PhD in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) and 5 or more years of experience**
**Active Secret**
**Travel up to 50%**
**Preferred Qualifications:**
**Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Network Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or similar IT degrees from an accredited university.**
**Working knowledge of virtualization (e.g. VMware)**
**Working knowledge of Windows OS and Windows Servers**
**Working knowledge of network routing & switching systems**
**Working knowledge of solaris systems**
**Security+ Certificate**
**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 www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.**
Salary Range: $101,400.00 - $152,200.00
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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority** . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .
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 most positions.
