Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a T05 Staff Systems Engineer - Ionizing Radiation to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position will be located in Melbourne, Florida.
As part of the Nuclear Hardness and Survivability (NH&S) team, the Ionizing Radiation will have a unique opportunity to support design and mitigation strategies to develop and field a survivable weapon system with operational requirements involving the following nuclear threat environments: Electromagnetic Pulse, Ionizing Radiation, Thermal Radiation, Air-Blast and Radiological exposure.
The candidate will lead the Ionizing Radiation hardening effort throughout the Engineering & Manufacturing Development and Production & Deployment phases of the program providing expertise including the following:
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.
Domain Specific Responsibilities/Technical Skills
Working knowledge of nuclear weapons effects and resulting Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE) of DoD and commercial systems.
Technical planning, specification requirements derivation, test and analysis, design, planning and execution, documentation, and requirements/validation supporting overall system compliance.
Experience with electrical circuit rad-hard design including piece-part screening, analysis, modeling, and test of component and systems for radiation environment compliance i.e. prompt dose rate, total ionizing dose, neutron displacement damage, neutron induced upset, single event effects.
Experience with electrical circuit and/or system level design and test.
Knowledge of Circumvention & Recovery techniques for component, circuit, equipment subsystems compliance and weapon system level probabilistic performance assessments during pre/trans and post nuclear weapon environment exposure.
Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with rad-hard requirements and design mitigation strategies.
Experience working with other Federal agencies, industry, National and/or Service Laboratories & Test facilities.
Represent Northrop Grumman Corporation as a technical expert for the Program and with DoD customers.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 12 years of experience in engineering; OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of experience in engineering; OR PhD in a STEM discipline with 7 years of experience in engineering.
Must have an active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain an interim Top Secret prior to starting, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the business.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Ability to travel 20% is required
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with teams across geographically dispersed locations.
Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communications skills to present data and recommendations to internal and external customers
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.
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, DO-160, MIL-B-5087
DNA-2048H-1
MIL-STD-883, MIL-STD-750, JEDEC JESD89, MIL-HDBK-814, MIL-HDBK-815, MIL-HDBK-816, IEC 62396-1/-5, SAE AIR6219
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, CAMEO
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