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Brian Schmidt

Brian Schmidt. Engineering Manager, Northrop Grumman Corporation. Engineering At Northrop Grumman. Amherst Systems A Subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Northrop Grumman Overview Specializing in equipment for Electronic Warfare (EW) testing and training Approx. 4 00 e mployees

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Brian Schmidt

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

  2. Amherst SystemsA Subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation • Northrop Grumman Overview • Specializing in equipment for Electronic Warfare (EW) testing and training • Approx. 400employees • 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

  3. 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 and test something like this? Mission: Take Out the Bad Guys’ Command & Control Bunker

  4. 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

  5. What is a Surface to Air Missile System • Sam Attack

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

  7. 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!

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