Principal / Sr. Principal Communication Systems Engineer – Aht
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Colorado Springs, CO, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 5 years relevant operational and engineering experience with Bachelor’s degree in science, or 3 years relevant experience with Master’s degree, or 1 year relevant experience with a PHD for a Principal Engineer Communications Systems
- 8 years relevant operational and engineering experience with Bachelor’s degree in science, or 6 years relevant experience with Master’s degree, or 4 years relevant experience with a PHD for a Sr. Principal Cyber Systems Engineer
- Active Secret security clearance
- Strong background in systems engineering
- Experience in space technology and operations
- Understanding of RF concept, impairments, and the resulting impacts
- Experience with and understanding of satellite-communications standards (NR NTN, DVB-S2x, CCSDS)
- Experience working with product/component developers and vendors who provide critical functionality to the overall system
- Experience with optical communications systems
- Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills
- Ability to define work direction, track milestones, and demonstrate progress on large open-ended projects
- Sense of urgency, with the ability to work well under pressure
- The ability to work well in teams, with peers and management
- Strong organizational and time management skills
Responsibilities
- Coordinate activities across multidisciplinary engineering teams, raise issues at the program level, and drive complex projects to success
- Communicate effectively with team members and internal stakeholders, both verbally and through written content
- Evaluate customer and operational needs to define requirements, integrate technical parameters, and assure compatibility of all physical, functional and program interfaces
- Support reviews of requests for proposals to support solution development and response
- Lead trade studies to optimize system architecture
- Define and validate space system requirements and interfaces
- Develop and direct technical concept development in support of proposals
- Lead development of space architecture concepts, sub-system design, requirements development, analysis and decomposition, hardware system design, concept of operations (CONOPS) development, and risk reduction
- Lead analyses for affordability, safety, reliability, maintainability, testability, human systems integration, survivability, vulnerability, susceptibility, system security, regulatory, certification, product assurance and other specialties quality factors into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success
- Participate in developing system engineering processes for requirements management, flow down, and traceability
- Participate in program status and technical interchange meetings
- Provide support for development and enhancement of engineering inputs to program documentation, CDRLs, and research & development reports
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with RF satellite communication systems (hardware and software, systems engineering, RF system design requirements development, integration and test, system development, or related field)
- Understanding of several communication systems and digital signal processing concepts (e.g., modulation, coding, synchronization, estimation, detection theory, waveform design, channel effects, and link performance)
- A current and active Secret security clearance issued by the US government
- US citizenship is required
- Experience with satellite communications ground system(s) and/or missile warning system(s)
- Experience supporting US Space Force development or sustainment program(s) as a defense contractor
- Working knowledge and/or experience with JIRA for task assignment, status tracking, and execution