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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a lead Site Design Systems Engineer with a Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) or Civil Engineering background to join our diverse and talented engineering organization in support of our National Defense as part of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Program.

Join an exciting and new program as we embark on solving complex and novel engineering challenges. As a lead Site Design Systems Engineer on the DARC program, you will be responsible for driving the radar site design, deriving and allocating requirements, supporting major A&E and construction subcontracts, reviewing and redlining large drawings packages for 30/60/90% reviews, supporting earned value and cost management, provide schedule inputs, and brief program leadership. DARC will be designing and constructing a new site overseas. The primary scope of the site development project includes roads, duct banks, foundations for many large antennas, multiple facilities, large-scale cooling systems, backup power, electrical distribution, and security fencing.

The successful candidate would have a background as an MEP or Civil Engineer, or similar. They should have some broad site development experience with depth in some areas of the primary scope, be able to work in a large team environment and work collaboratively with all Engineering disciplines and Program Management to meet our customer’s needs.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) field with 9 years of experience; or a Master's with 7 years of experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office tool suite
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Experienced with US Government contracts.
• Experienced with the Architecture and Engineering (A&E) design process.
• Experienced with reading, interpreting, and review of A&E drawing packages.
• Experienced with site design, development, and construction.
• Technical design experience in at least one primary element of A&E design (i.e., power plant or BESS design, HV/LV power distribution, civil engineering, facility mechanical systems)

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical design experience in more than one primary element of A&E design.
• Major subcontract technical management.
• Experienced with overseas construction.
• Experienced reading and interpreting codes, standards, and regulations.
• Experienced with supervising large-scale construction projects.
• Experienced with proposal development and proposal evaluation.
• Experienced with construction cost estimating software (i.e., RSMeans).
• Experienced with value-added engineering and constructability analysis.
• Experienced with earned value management and program schedule derivation.
• Experienced with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools (i.e., AutoCAD, SolidWorks, Revit, or others).
• Experienced with Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Experienced with Radio Frequency (RF) microwave systems such as radars or satellite communications systems.

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