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EO/IR Engineer - R10204478

Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, Florida, United States, 32935

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for an

EO/IR Engineer

to join our team in Melbourne, FL. This role supports the development of electro-optical infrared (EO/IR) subsystems, including architecture development, performance analysis, requirements management and interfaces, verification/validation, and integration with key suppliers. The selected engineer will design, develop, build, and test EW systems in collaboration with suppliers as part of an interdisciplinary team tackling advanced technical problems. This opportunity is contingent on program funding; start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman is committed to fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and inclusion, and to doing what others think is impossible.

Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for an

EO/IR

Engineer

to join our team in

Melbourne, FL . This position will be in Melbourne, FL. The selected engineer will perform as a member of an interdisciplinary team on a key effort to develop novel and innovative solutions to advanced technical problems. The successful engineer will contribute to the overall development of EO/IR subsystems, including developing functional architectures, analyzing performance, developing and managing requirements and interfaces, and verifying/validating all allocated requirements, and will design, develop, build and test EW systems in conjunction with key suppliers.

Roles And Responsibilities

Support development and integration of EOIR subsystems and components to meet platform mission objectives

Requirements development, analysis, maturation and implementation translating customer requirements into hardware and software specifications

Perform MBSE and capturing requirements, interfaces, behaviors, structures and parametrics

Performing functional and performance analyses

Conducting detailed trade studies

Collaborate with engineers and program stakeholders

Developing and maintaining supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work

Review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design reviews

Perform informal and formal testing of subsystem requirements in lab, troubleshooting hardware in the lab

Perform aircraft ground and flight test on subsystems to validate and verify subsystem requirement and sell-off

A successful EO/IR Engineer has good leadership skills and understands the scope of the work and the impact of the work on other teams, consistently brings up concerns, issues and risks to program and technical leadership and holds the team to a high level of technical rigor.

Basic Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 2 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; OR a Master's degree in a (STEM) discipline from an accredited university AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering; or a Ph.D. (STEM) AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in Engineering.

Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Knowledge of EO/IR phenomenology

Experience designing, developing, integrating, and/or testing EOIR equipment for airborne platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in EO/IR system and atmospheric modeling

Knowledge of digital image processing algorithms

Experience in decomposing, deriving, allocating and tracing requirements from system to component level

Experience in model based systems engineering using Cameo or similar SysML tools

Experience in performance analysis using MATLAB and Excel or similar tools

Experience engaging directly with internal and external technical and programmatic representatives

Familiarity with Atlassian collaboration tool set (Jira and Confluence)

Experience in supplier/subcontract management

Experience with developing supplier documentation, performance based specifications, and statements of work

Experience building supplier evaluation criteria and experience in conducting technical evaluations, documenting results and selection

Ability to review documents from the supplier’s development effort and support supplier technical interchange meetings and design review

#AS-FA3 Primary Level Salary Range: $77,200.00 - $115,800.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Defense and Space Manufacturing

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