Principal Engineer Systems-Nuclear Survivability/Ionizing Radiation
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Melbourne, FL, USA |
| Salary | $95300 – $142900 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s, PhD |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) discipline AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering OR a STEM Ph.D. AND 1 year of related professional/military experience in Engineering
- Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation)
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD interim Top Secret clearance prior to the commencement of employment
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company
- Ability to travel 20% of the time is required
Responsibilities
- Development of all nuclear hardness system level design, including system level analysis and testing in support of the acquisition life cycle.
- Generating weapon system design criteria supported by design analysis, modeling & simulation, equipment and system-level trade studies, system integration, piece-part, component, equipment, and system test artifacts.
- Developing system-level NH&S Design Analysis Reports (DAR) and nuclear hardness system test plans and reports documenting equipment compliance and weapon system certification.
- Preparing and presenting Nuclear Survivability engineering artifacts supporting requirements compliance and weapon system performance traceability throughout Design Reviews.
- Lead and execute the analysis and/or evaluation/validation of components, equipment, subsystems, or weapon system analytical models and actual system implementation for weapons compliance to operationally relevant nuclear threat environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Nuclear Command, Control & Communication weapon system survivability design experience
- Analysis experience with radiation environments including man-made and natural space environment.
- Analysis experience in Reliability, Availability, Maintainability & Testability (RAMT) including probabilistic risk assessment as applicable to semiconductor TREE susceptibilities.
- Current, active Top Secret clearance
- Experience and/or familiarity with the following standards and handbooks: DODI 3150.09, MIL-STD-1766, AFWL-TR-86-26, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-3023, MIL-STD-2169, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, MIL-B-5087, DNA-2048H-1, DNA-2048H-1, MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-750, JEDEC JESD89, MIL-HDBK-814, MIL-HDBK-815, MIL-HDBK-816, MIL-HDBK-817, MIL-HDBK-279, MIL-HDBK-280, IEC 62396-1/-5, SAE AIR6219, MIL-STD-3054
- Experience and/or familiarity with the following engineering software/tools: COMSOL, ANSYS, CST, FEKO, Cadence/Spice, Mathworks MATLAB, PTC MathCad, Wolfram Mathematica, NX, Siemens Teamcenter, Visio