Northrop Grumman Australia · 3 hours ago
(DoD SkillBridge) Northrop Grumman Principal OR Senior Principal Payloads Field Service Engineer
United States-Florida-Jacksonville
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$79K/yr - $118K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading global security company that provides innovative solutions impacting lives worldwide. They are seeking a Principal OR Senior Principal Payloads Field Service Engineer to support the MQ-4C Triton Program, focusing on operations and maintenance support for advanced sensors and communication systems at a Forward Operating Base.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide real time support to flight operations and maintenance, addressing any issues related to communications and/or payloads to include MFAS Radar, EO/IR, airborne recorder, and link16 to include fault isolation, remediation, and resolution
Coordinate work with site leadership and confirming that Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) are in place for all required work
Adhere to checklists and procedures to ensure repeated success and providing redlines to procedures when necessary
Communicate complex technical issues to local support, the Degrader Action Cell (DAC), Main Operation Bases (MOBs), and Responsible Engineers (REs)
Support and lead air crew engagement for proper techniques in solving complex analysis of technical problems that arise during operations
Assist with trend analysis as needed for Responsible Engineers (REs)
Assist AVO with Main Operating Base comms (voice), networks, and other AVO interfaces
Attain and employ expertise across all supported sensor and communications systems
Qualification
Required
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 1 year of related engineering experience
Willingness and ability to successfully complete required training in San Diego (Rancho Bernardo), CA with some travel to other US locations such as Baltimore, MD and Jacksonville, FL
Ability to obtain and maintain DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP. This certificate must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Competence in Linux, troubleshooting, engineering documents, tools, and equipment
Familiarity with payloads operations and/or comms/networking operations
Must have a DoD Secret clearance that is in-scope or currently enrolled in Continuous Evaluation (CE), with the ability to obtain a Top-Secret/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time to meet business needs
Ability to obtain and maintain program access (SAP/PAR)
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; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline with 3 years of related engineering experience
Preferred
Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
Active DoD 8140 approved IAT Level II (or higher) compliant certification. Examples include: CCNA Security, Security+CE, CCNP, and CISSP
Demonstrated understanding of MQ-4C sensors and communications payloads
Experience with test equipment: network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators
MPO/TC operator system knowledge
System Administrator experience
Operations and Maintenance experience at a field site
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase