Principal / Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical - VMS Computer Hardware

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Avionics to support the Vehicle Management Subsystem's Hardware Avionics team at the Rancho Bernardo, San Diego, CA site.  

The group is responsible for vehicle flight control and safety.  The Hardware Avionics group is seeking a Computer Hardware Engineer to support the production, repair, and development of the Vehicle Management Computer (Flight Computer). 

Members of the team perform proposal development, technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.  Analyses are performed at all levels of total system product to include concept development, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.  Team members ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.   They also perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

This position can be filled at either the Principal Engineer or Sr. Principal Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications:

• Basic qualifications for a Principal Engineer Avionics include a Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering and at least 5 years of experience, a Master's Degree with 3 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with no experience

• Basic qualifications for a Sr. Principal Engineer Avionics include a Bachelor's in Electrical or Computer Engineering and at least 8 years of experience, a Master's Degree with 6 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 3 years of experience

• Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance

• Experience with the following SW Tools:  Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio), Matlab

• Familiarity with Computer Hardware and embedded operating systems

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Active DoD Secret security clearance or higher

• Good understanding of general avionics components

• Experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, multimeters)

• Flight Test experience:  Some experience

• Supplier management:  Some experience

• Requirements development:  Some experience

• Requirements verification testing:  Some experience

• Prior experience as a military, civil, or commercial avionics technician

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