Senior Principal Engineer RF Software Integration and Test Engineer - California, United States - Northrop Grumman

Description

Category:
Engineering

Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

Travel Required:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Relocation Assistance:
Relocation assistance may be available

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.

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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come.

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.

Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences.

The Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Field Engineering team based in Buffalo, NY is seeking a Senior Principal RF Software Integration and Test Engineer to support our Next Generation RF Environment Generator (NEWEG) Simulator at our Pt.

You will have the opportunity to work on complex electronic warfare simulators alongside a multi-disciplinary team.

The person selected for this position will be required to undergo training at the Northrop Grumman facility in Buffalo, NY for up to a month prior to working in Pt.

Be part of Northrop Grumman's dynamic Field Engineering team in Buffalo, NY.

Candidate must be a highly motivated self-starter who demonstrates the ability to manipulate bench software to diagnose hardware issues, write scripts to automate tasks, utilize python scripts to build threat emitter files.

You will also debug software issues that arise with respect to the python scripts.
Interact independently with customers and coordinate engineering efforts within the company to identify solutions to customer reported problems.
Provide Engineering support to resolve system level problems reported by the customer on delivered hardware.
Maintain operational status and configuration of Electronic Warfare Stimulators.
Utilize knowledge, special test equipment (STE), and instrumented data to troubleshoot/repair hardware failures
Support customer missions, monitor and convey stimulator performance and assist with generating new emitters.
Generate weekly status reports documenting test events and anomalies warranting further investigation.
Basic Qualifications for a Senior Principal RF Software Integration and

Test Engineer:
~9 years of relevant engineering experience with a Bachelor of Science Degree; 5 years of relevant engineering experience with a master's degree.
~ Active DoD Secret clearance
~ Experienced in Back End debugging of Python scripts (or C++ coding experience will be considered)
~ Back End Python debugging Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Enlisted military (EW or Intel) getting out and getting their Software Degree
Familiar with programming Electronic Warfare (EW) threats utilizing the Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming Database (EWIRDB)
Ability to navigate Linux from the command line
Basic Web and XML understanding
Electronics background that includes experience testing, troubleshooting, and performing repairs.
Fluent in RF / Electrical test equipment, Spectrum Analyzer, Power Meter, Oscilloscope and Digital Multi-Meters.

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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.

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.