TEMPEST Design Engineer CTPII

Senior Tempest Design Engineer

Working at our Grand Rapids Facility

For more than 15 years our manufacturing facilities in Grand Rapids have helped fuel the growth and success of GE Aerospace. We're producing high quality electronics and avionics parts and equipment to exacting standards. Including Avionics Computing Systems, Mission System, Navigation and Guidance and Vehicle Health & Data Management products. We're the career home for union and non-union employees who seek purpose and challenge in their careers. People just like you.

Role Overview

The Senior TEMPEST Design Engineer will participate in the design, test, build, and manufacturing process of high assurance encryption products required to comply with NSA TEMPEST specifications and other TEMPEST directives. TEMPEST experience and engineering expertise will be used to develop high assurance encryptor products, as well as execute a production TEMPEST sampling program and address any test failures. This role will act as a TEMPEST advocate to the product hardware development team and train/mentor others in TEMPEST compliance.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Interface with customers, product leaders, and the NSA to understand product TEMPEST needs and align with internal R&D investment, and future product roadmaps
• Connect with key TEMPEST technology forums, consortiums and committees
• Train and monitor TEMPEST testing technicians and other test staff
• Interface with other TEMPEST Test Labs to ensure overflow testing capability as required
• Define, communicate, and maintain TEMPEST best-practices, doctrine, and internal standards aligned to product area roadmaps, customer needs, and industry trends
• Author EMI/TEMPEST Control Plans, TEMPEST Test Plan/Procedures, Test reports, and TEMPEST position papers
• Collaborate with Hardware electrical and mechanical design teams to develop TEMPEST compliant designs that are implemented into products
• Participate in design reviews, review Schematics and drawings to ensure TEMPEST considerations are accounted for
• Participate in the Certification of a new state-of-the-art TEMPEST facility and oversee certification under the TEMPEST Manufacturing and Test Services Program
• Lead and be responsible for TEMPEST testing in accordance with NSTISSAM TEMPEST/1-92, and other TEMPEST specifications and memoranda
• Lead the test team to execute Engineering pre-compliance TEMPEST testing and Formal certification TEMPEST testing
• Work with the Manufacturing team to ensure TEMPEST manufacturing processes are established and maintained
• Develop and train others to accomplish CTP I and CTP II Certification
• Develop, refine and Maintain production sampling TEMPEST test program
• Travel up to 20%

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 9 years of experience in Engineering and/or Testing)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in hardware design for TEMPEST products
• NSA-certified TEMPEST Professional II (CTP II)
• This role will require a US security clearance and a prerequisite for a security clearance is US citizenship. GE will require proof of status prior to employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Physics
• Expert knowledge of NSTISSAM TEMPEST/1-92, and related NSA technical memorandums
• Experience using test equipment such as TEMPEST receivers, Oscilloscopes, signal generators, power meters, and other general RF and laboratory equipment
• Experience working with a multidisciplinary team to evaluate and troubleshoot production related issues
• EMI/EMC Design and Testing experience to MIL-STD-461 or DO-160
• Experience in manufacturing for TEMPEST reliability of large-scale product volumes

Compensation Grade

SPB2

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes