Electronics Engineer OR Principal Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. 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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add an Electronics Engineer OR Principal Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist familiar with communications subsystems and advanced payload technologies to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in our Avionics Integration Organization and will be located in Rancho Bernardo, CA.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting a team of engineers to develop, integrate, and maintain an enterprise level toolset in support of cross-discipline engineering teams.
• Develop toolsets to exploit large sets of operational data supporting the maintenance of communication subsystems and advanced payload technologies.
• Work with stakeholders to design, build and maintain mission critical systems.
• Identify technical risks/opportunities and proactively develop mitigation plans.
• Communicate the progress and accomplishments of the team to senior leadership.
• Liaison with the Product Owner to manage the product road map and communicate the impact of changing customer requirements.
• Create and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines to ensure stability and quality at all stages of the software development life cycle.
• Continuously expand your own skills, maintaining and enhancing relevant certifications.

The selected candidate 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 10% of the time.

This position can be filled at either the Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist or the Principal Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist level, depending upon the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience in hands-on SW development with Python, Java, C++, and/or MATLAB to enable the exploitation of large sets of operational data.
• Experience in at least two of the following:
  • Performing predictive trend analysis including the use of AI/ML techniques.
  • Building and maintaining complex databases across multiple IT infrastructures.
  • Database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDBM.
  • Automation of tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python.
  • Performance monitoring tools e.g. Elastic Stack, Grafana.
• Experience interpreting complex Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and drawings to build new data structures from raw source information.
• Experience using collaborating tooling e.g. Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
• Active, in-scope Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs. (Of note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Basic Qualifications for Principal Electronics Engineer - Data Analyst / Data Scientist:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 0 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience in hands-on SW development with Python, Java, C++, and/or MATLAB to enable the exploitation of large sets of operational data.
• Experience in at least two of the following:
  • Performing predictive trend analysis including the use of AI/ML techniques.
  • Building and maintaining complex databases across multiple IT infrastructures.
  • Database technologies such as SQL, Elasticsearch or MongoDBM.
  • Automation of tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python.
  • Performance monitoring tools e.g. Elastic Stack, Grafana.
• Experience interpreting complex Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and drawings to build new data structures from raw source information.
• Experience using collaborating tooling e.g. Atlassian Suite (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket).
• Active, in-scope Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Program Access (SAP/PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs. (Of note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Data Science or Software Engineering from an accredited university
• Experience in communication subsystems or advanced payload technologies.
• Experience leading an Agile software development team of mixed abilities.
• Experience supporting the Delivery Lead/Project Manager in developing project roadmaps, understanding delivery time scales, and communicating these to the customer.
• Experience creating/maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines: Maven, Bamboo, GitLab, Bitbucket.
• Experience in migration activities with a focus on positioning projects to become cloud ready and implement micro services architecture.
• Experience automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling.
• Experience administering Virtualized or Containerized systems in VMWare or Docker/Kubernetes.

Salary Range: $89,400.00 - $134,200.00Salary Range 2: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. 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. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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.