Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Senior Principal Electronics Engineer - Mission Systems Responsible Engineer to our team of qualified and diverse individuals in Palmdale, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization.

This candidate will be responsible for overseeing the lifecycle of design, buildup, and delivery of large data centers using commercially available IT equipment.  These deliveries will consist of new data center deployments and upgrades to existing data centers.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Technical and schedule lead for assigned system upgrade or new delivery:

• Solicit requirements/expectations for build and establish execution plan
• Prepare and present kickoff meetings to establish initial schedule, identify critical needs/deliverables, and coordinate with supporting organizations
• Work with Production Lead to develop cost/schedule baseline for the effort
• Generate implementation instructions & present implementation plan to change board(s)
• Drive engineering deliverables: part procurement, drawings, configuration guides, installation guides, test procedures, and maintenance procedures

Execution Lead for field integration team:

• Coordinate personnel, travel, and visit requests for integration team
• Coordinate delivery & security approval of all required materials (hardware, cables, media, etc)
• Perform morning standup meeting with integration team
• Regularly update detailed execution plan and report end of day status to leadership
• Solve technical challenges and/or resolve issues leveraging support from both engineering and field integration teams
• Perform system checkout and acceptance testing leveraging support from field installation team
• Verify all aspects of system integration have been completed, compile list of liens/deviations, and ensure system handoff is coordinated with sustainment team

Reporting:

• Work with Cost Account Manager (CAM) or Work Package Manager (WPM) to provide weekly status, claim earned value, and provide updates to the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS)
• Work with Lead Responsible Engineer to report daily status, identifying current tasking, needs, and projected risks

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels. This position will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.  There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time. 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related engineering experience.
• Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Current Special Program Access
• Experience with Engineering Drawings
• Experience with IT/documentation tools such as Sphinx, Jinja, YAML, reST
• Experience with Agile processes
• Cost Account Management experience
• Experience using MS Project
• Experience with datacenter design and/or hardware/software field installations