This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Systems Engineer - Nuclear Survivability (NH&S) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.

The NH&S Engineer will have a unique opportunity to support design and mitigation strategies to develop and field a survivable weapon system with operational requirements involving the following nuclear threat environments: Electromagnetic Pulse, Ionizing Radiation, Thermal Radiation, Air-Blast and Radiological exposure. 

The candidate will be an integral contributor throughout the Engineering & Manufacturing Design and Production & Deployment phases of the program providing domain specific expertise including, but not limited to, the following:

• Development of all nuclear hardness system level design, including system level analysis and testing in support of the acquisition life cycle.
• Generating weapon system design criteria supported by design analysis, modeling & simulation, equipment and system-level trade studies, system integration, piece-part, component, equipment, and system test artifacts.
• Developing system-level NH&S Design Analysis Reports (DAR) and nuclear hardness system test plans and reports documenting equipment compliance and weapon system certification.
• Preparing and presenting Nuclear Survivability engineering artifacts supporting requirements compliance and weapon system performance traceability throughout Design Reviews. 
• Lead and execute the analysis and/or evaluation/validation of components, equipment, subsystems, or weapon system analytical models and actual system implementation for weapons compliance to operationally relevant nuclear threat environments.

​Domain Specific Responsibilities/Technical Skills 

• Working knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and resulting Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE) of DoD and commercial systems. 
• Technical planning, specification requirements derivation, test and analysis, design, planning and execution, documentation, and requirements/validation supporting overall system compliance. 
• Experience with electrical circuit rad-hard design including piece-part screening, analysis, modeling, and test of component and systems for radiation environment compliance i.e. prompt dose rate, total ionizing dose, neutron displacement damage, neutron induced upset, single event effects.
• Experience with electrical circuit and/or system level design and test.
• Knowledge of Circumvention & Recovery techniques for component, circuit, equipment subsystems compliance and weapon system level probabilistic performance assessments during pre/trans and post nuclear weapon environment exposure. 
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with rad-hard requirements and design mitigation strategies. 
• Experience working with other Federal agencies, industry, National and/or Service Laboratories & Test facilities.
• Represent Northrop Grumman Corporation as a technical expert for the Program and with DoD customers. 
• Ability to travel 20% is required

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 12 years of experience OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of experience OR a Doctorate in a STEM discipline and 8 years of experience.
• Must have a DoD Secret to apply with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Experience working in the specified NH&S domain.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Nuclear Command, Control & Communication weapon system survivability design experience 
• Analysis experience with radiation environments including man-made and natural space environment.
• Analysis experience in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Testability (RAMT) including probabilistic risk assessment as applicable to semiconductor TREE susceptibilities.
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following standards and handbooks: DODI 3150.09, MIL-STD-1766, AFWL-TR-86-26, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-3023, MIL-STD-2169, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, MIL-B-5087, DNA-2048H-1, DNA-2048H-1, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-750, JEDEC JESD89, MIL-HDBK-814, MIL-HDBK-815, MIL-HDBK-816, MIL-HDBK-817, MIL-HDBK-279, MIL-HDBK-280, IEC 62396-1/-5, SAE AIR6219, MIL-STD-3054
• Experience and/or familiarity with the following engineering software/tools: COMSOL, ANSYS, CST, FEKO, Cadence/Spice, Mathworks MATLAB, PTC MathCad, Wolfram Mathematica, NX, Siemens Teamcenter, Visio