Optical Engineer- Principal/Sr. Principal

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

The Northrop Grumman Undersea Systems business unit is seeking a Principal Engineer Optical/Sr. Principal Engineer Optical with broad technical experience to apply creativity and vision in the portfolio of Undersea Systems programs that are critical to our Long Range Strategic Plan.

The Principal Engineer Optical/Sr. Principal Engineer Optical will be responsible for designs, models, analyzes, and tests optical and electro-optical systems and components, including sensors, lasers, fiber-optics, and telecommunications products. Conducts research and development into phases of physical optics and geometric optics, lasers, laser characteristics, laser maintenance, and broadband optical sources. Applies research of complex optical systems to achieve desired optical manipulations. Develops component specifications, tolerances, simulations and tests procedures for electro-optical systems and components. Uses design-to-cost models, six sigma methodology, and other methods to assure optical design requirements met.

The successful candidate will be responsible for optical system design, assembly, integration and test of electrical/fiber optic (F/O) systems & sensors and shall be experienced in all phases of optical system development from conceptualizing solutions through the design, assembly and testing phases.

The successful candidate's responsibilities will also include use of F/O test sets to enable test and troubleshooting of fiber optic systems and be familiar with test sets for measurement of high speed communication signals. The Staff Optical Engineer will be expected to assist teams through the analysis and troubleshooting of test results as required to evaluate and improve design as well as development of component specifications, tolerances and tests procedures.

The successful candidate will have experience interpreting, evaluating and documenting the empirical results of:

• Optical spectrum analyzers (OSA)
• Bit Error Rate Testers (BERT)
• Optical Backscatter Reflectometer(OBRs)
• Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer(OTDRs)
• High speed modulator/demodulator characterization
• Fusion splicing of specialty fibers / high resolution loss measurement
• Mechanical fiber routing and management inside of splice enclosures and cabinets

Job Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer:

• Minimum Education / Experience: 5+ years' of experience with Bachelors of Science; 3+ years' of experience with Masters; 0+years' of experience with PhD. Degree must be in STEM related field.
• An active or current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Engineer:

• Minimum Education / Experience: 9+ years' of experience with Bachelors of Science; 7+ years' of experience with Masters; 4+years' of experience with PhD. Degree must be in STEM related field.
• An active or current TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as an organization spokesperson and advisor to management, co-workers and customers
• Experience in technical leadership, direction and mentoring to other technical employees in the application of scientific principles, tools and techniques to achieve practical end results.
• Experience guiding development of advanced fiber optic systems from concept to delivery
• Experience with subsea cables and connectors.
• Proficiency in common data analysis tools such as Mathcad, MatLab and Labview.

Salary Range: $106,500.00 - $159,700.00Salary Range 2: $132,100.00 - $198,100.00

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to basepay. 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/orpersonal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.