Principal Radar Engineer / Sr Principal Radar Engineer
Posted on: 18 Feb 2021
Warner Robins, GA
Job Description
Description
Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.
The Principal Radar Engineer will be responsible to perform day-to-day administration tasks for the operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and testing of the Joint STARs Aircraft, the Mission Maintenance Trainer (MMT), and the Prime Mission Equipment - Maintenance Training Device (PME-MTD) located in Warner Robins, Georgia. Engineer will also be responsible to document and resolve technical issues with the Joint STARS Aircraft, MMT and PME MTD. Engineer will provide support and technical guidance in the performance of all inspections, Operational and Maintenance (O amp;M) checkout and testing required to maintain the devices. In addition, the engineer will be responsible to perform checkout, operations and troubleshooting, of the Joint STARS Radar Sensor during Aircraft Ground Testing for future Aircraft Modifications and Software Releases. Engineer will also need to lift up to 40lbs of Radar Prime Mission Equipment (PME) and Equipment.
This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.
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Qualification
This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Radar Engineer level or a Sr Principal Radar Engineer level .
The Basic Qualifications for the Principal Radar Engineer are a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical field with at least 5 years of experience
The Basic Qualifications for the Sr Principal Radar Engineer are a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related technical field with at least 9 years of experience
Additional Basic Qualifications:
* Experience in hardware%5Csoftware integration of embedded systems
* Basic knowledge of RF fundamentals including radar operations
* Ability to meet physical demand of lifting up to 40lbs of Radar Prime Mission Equipment (PME) and Equipment
* Ability and willingness to travel to customer locations that include business trips and short term travel to customer facilities at CONUS locations.
* Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DoD secret clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
* Knowledge of Radar Modes
* Experience testing RF circuitry and troubleshooting to the component level by following schematics
* Active In-Scope DOD Secret Clearance that has been granted/renewed within the past 5 years.
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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