Engineering At Northrop Grumman Brian Schmidt Engineering Manager

Engineering At Northrop Grumman Brian Schmidt Engineering Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Amherst Systems A Subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation § Northrop Grumman Overview § Specializing in equipment for Electronic Warfare (EW) testing and training § Approx. 400 employees § Started in 1975 from a branch of the Cornell Aeronautical Lab family tree § Acquired by Northrop Grumman - August 2000 § We are the technology and market leader in our EW field Corporate Offices Buffalo NY

Amherst Systems is Involved in the Field of Electronic Warfare • Signal Detection • Signal Geo-location • Radar Warning • Radar Jamming Search Radars Acquisition Radars Tracking Radars The Good Guys complete their mission! How do you begin to build Mission: Out thelike Badthis? Guys’ and test. Take something Command & Control Bunker

Amherst builds equipment to test Electronic Warfare systems and for training combat pilots • We Simulate the Bad Guys’ Electronic Warfare Signals… In Test Chambers On Combat Training Ranges In Laboratory Test Systems

What is a Surface to Air Missile System • Sam Attack

Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) • Joint Threat Emitter – Systems Engineering – Software Engineering – Electrical Engineering – Mechanical Engineering 6 These photos are approved for unlimited public release.

Engineers of the Future • Northrop Grumman is hiring 35, 000 engineers in the next five years! – 25, 000 retiring – 10, 000 new hires needed for company growth • We need your help! – Simply not enough kids majoring in STEM fields – Studies have shown the best time to get a child interested in Engineering is middle school or earlier • Stereotypes we hear all the time that are SIMPLY NOT TRUE!!!! – – – Engineering is hard Not a flexible work place I will be behind a desk all the time It’s not female friendly You have to be really good in Math • What to look for in a student – Kids that ultimately go into Engineering come from a diverse background as far as what they like to do. Any child that is inquisitive and likes solving problems!