Recruiter's Column Dr. Ray Haynes Director, University Alliances and Development Ms. Jennifer Van Iersel College Relations Manager Why does Northrop Grumman choose to recruit engineering and computer science graduates from UCLA? UCLA is our hometown UC and has served us well for nearly 50 years; great faculty and students at a top tier research school in a local setting, what more could we ask? Key graduates have included our three UCLA Alumnus of the Year recipients, Pete Staudhammer (recently retired), Ron Sugar (current CEO) and Dwight Streit (VP of Microelectronics), all with PhDs from UCLA. What do you see as the strengths of UCLA's graduates in engineering and computer science? UCLA graduates are well-schooled in the fundamentals of their discipline, often do internships at Northrop Grumman local sites, and work closely with faculty doing research with Northrop Grumman. As a familiar local company, we share many of the same educational norms and the Southern California lifestyle is not a cultural shock for graduates. How do employees who are alumni of UCLA compare to your other employees? UCLA graduates are in the top ten schools relative to performance rankings on the job over the past seven years, plus many have distinguished themselves by joining our technical fellow ranks and/or moving into senior management positions. How many students from UCLA's Samueli School of Engineering has Northrop Grumman hired in the last three years? In the last three years, Northrop Grumman has hired 52 UCLA alumni who hold graduate degrees in engineering, and 48 who hold undergraduate degrees from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. What types of positions have these graduates been hired to fill? Over the years, UCLA engineering alumni have been hired into the following positions: Antenna RF Engineer · Communication Systems Engineer · Mission/Systems Engineer · Software Test Engineer · Electrical Engineer - Digital Products · Electrical Engineer - Mixed Signal · Electrical Engineer - Power & Controls · Electrical Engineer - RF Products · Electrical Engineer - Microelectronic Processing · Electrical Engineer - Electrical Design Integration · Electrical Engineer - Cable and Harness Engineering · Electrical Engineer - Physicist · Electronic Fabric Generalist · Structural Dynamics Analyst · Aerospace Engineer · Hardware Engineer · Manufacturing Engineer · Mechanical Engineer · Mechanical Test Engineer · Subcontract Manager/Administrator · Quality Assurance Engineer · Software Engineer · Thermal Analyst · Physicist · Material & Processes Engineer.