2025 Converting Systems Engineer - Sunnyvale CA

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman is seeking Systems Engineers. This position will be located at our Mission Systems Sector in Sunnyvale, CA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Maritime/Land Sensors & Systems division, Marine Systems business unit, supporting the Rotating Machinery team within the Systems Integration and Test group.

The qualified candidate's mission will be to ensure that our propulsion and power generation equipment meets the stringent testing requirements for our nation’s newest submarines and aircraft carriers.

Tasks and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):  

The qualified candidate will have the opportunity to accomplish system-level tests of our turbine-generators and gear-driven propulsion units—from integrating data-acquisition systems and programming automation routines to acquiring and analyzing data, controlling test conduct and writing procedures and reports. The qualified candidate will learn about the technologies that make our power-generation and propulsion systems unique, gaining valuable insight to ensure our tested products are assets our nation’s service members can trust.

The role requires 12.5 hour shifts to support 24/7 system-level test campaigns in our factory and will include night shift support 30-70% of the time.  The testing work schedule may span two or three months continuously.  Although the workload may sound intense, we do offer flexibility in taking paid time off and compensate for all additional hours worked on shift during testing campaigns. If this type of work aligns to your strengths and goals, then we’d like to hear from you!

Basic Qualifications: 

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Previous internship at Northrop Grumman
• Be completing or has completed their Master's degree from an accredited institution
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
• A final, active DoD Secret clearance is required to start (for which U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
• The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs 
• Must be willing to work night shift 30-70% of the time
• Must be willing to work at field sites as needed

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher
• Experience using benchtop instrumentation (e.g. spectrum analyzers and digital multimeters)
• Ability to interpret basic circuit diagrams
• Experience troubleshooting analog or high-voltage circuitry
• Programming and/or automation experience (e. g. MATLAB, Python, C/C++, C#, Visual Basic, and LabVIEW)
• PLC programming experience (e.g. Allen Bradley)
• Experience testing rotating machinery
• Acoustics, dynamics, or control-systems testing experience
• Experience using multi-channel data acquisition (DAQ) systems
• Experience testing large structures
• Systems-Engineering experience
• Navy experience

Salary Range:

• $89,400.00 - $134,200.00/year

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Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.