Electronics Engineering Manager 2 – Communications Responsible Engineer

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add an Electronics Engineering Manager 2 – Communications Responsible Engineer to join our team in Rancho Bernando, CA. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization supporting Global Hawk program.

This role has both 80% program technical responsibilities and 20% functional responsibilities as a section manager leading a team of 10-15 engineers of various grade levels.

PROGRAM duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Primary Responsible Engineer for complex communications subsystem, supplier technical interface, and focal IPT representative for integration support.

• Lead, research, design, development, integration, and test of a variety of electronic equipment and systems, including RF datalinks, SATCOM and Communications Networks.

• Maintaining complex RF communications architectures, systems; circuitry components; analog and digital computers.

• Technical planning, architecture, design, integration, deployment, verification and validation, and system effectiveness analysis at all levels to include concept, design, configuration, test, installation, operation, and maintenance.

• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

• Interface with Sub-IPTs for cost, schedule, and risks and opportunity.

• Reporting comms status to Program Managers and IPT Management.

FUNCTIONAL HOMEROOM duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead a section of electronics, electrical and mechanical engineers (10-15 personnel)

• Build an engineering culture that empowers employees, establishes personal and team accountability, motivates team performance, encourages development, and supports innovation

• Partner with technical and functional management to develop an approach that satisfies the staffing needs between programs.

• Timecard approval, employee performance evaluations, facilitating employee growth, and special assignments in support of the functional homeroom

• Ensure personnel and hardware safety, driving compliance with policies and procedures including security, property management, training, configuration control, and test conduct

• Instruct, mentor and champion agile concepts and processes

• Special assignments in support of the functional homeroom

The selected candidate should be a self-starter and thrive working in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, engaged in assignments across multiple engineering disciplines, within a collaborative/team setting on all levels of the organization.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility.  Once established in role, the position could potentially offer a hybrid work environment. Scheduled telework days are approved at manager's discretion. This position requires the ability to travel up to 10% 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 

• Experience leading an engineering team or project

• Extensive experience in RF architectures and networking engineering

• Must have an Active in-scope, DoD Secret clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance once in position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active in-Scope, DoD Top Secret clearance.

• Prior Functional Management Experience

• Demonstrated success in leading, collaborating, and developing cross functional teams of varying degrees of skill on complex technical projects

• Strong understanding of networking strategies including TCP/IP & WAN architectures.

• Familiar with encryption methods and cross-domain integrations

• Experience with the following:

            - RF and digital system design & analysis
            - Antenna theory and operation
            - COMMS Wideband and Narrowband integration and testing.  Iridium, INMARSAT, Ku, CDL and Starlink a plus.
            - Airborne platform radio integration such ARCs
            - System Performance Verification and Component Qualifications for Flight
            - System Engineering, Requirements Derivation
            - Design documentation:  E.g. Visio, Catia, interconnects and rack elevations    

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