Electrical Engineer Level 4 - Digital/Mixed Signal – Dulles

Northrop Grumman • Dulles, VA

2d • $142,200 - $213,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking an Electrical Circuit Design Engineer – Level 4 to join their team in Dulles, VA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. The Avionics Digital Hardware Development Group, responsible for the development of spacecraft avionics hardware, is seeking an experienced Electrical Circuit Design Engineer to perform detailed circuit design of hardware including flight part selection, schematic capture, and working with CAD personnel for part placement PCB layout planning and routing. Responsibilities also include performing detailed circuit design analyses and documentation of the design in accordance with program requirements and institutional processes. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Extensive technical expertise, including full knowledge of other related disciplines
• Experience developing technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity
• Able to perform work without appreciable direction. Comfortable exercising considerable latitude in determining technical objectives of assignment
• Able to create and review designs taking into consideration long- term company objectives
• Experience guiding the successful completion of major programs and may function in a project leadership role
• Held roles where erroneous decisions or recommendations could result in failure to achieve major organizational objectives
• Held roles representing a project as the prime technical including main contracts and subcontracts
• Experience interacting with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations
• Experience with Requirements Verification using DOORS
• Schematic Entry
• Circuit analysis (Worst Case (WCA), Part Stress (PSA), Failure modes and Effects (FMEA), Signal Integrity (SI), Timing, Radiation)
• Lab experience that includes testing and working with test equipment
• Solid background and understanding of digital design
• Experience integrating Processors and FPGAs into designs
• Understanding of mixed signal circuit design - Familiarity with spaceflight electronics development
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• A passion for space and space technology

Responsibilities

• Design electronic circuits with digital, mixed signal and some analog functionality for spacecraft applications
• Select components with suitable radiation qualities
• Interact with other team members and software group to determine interfaces and operating characteristics
• Lead the effort to incorporate a wide range of technologies and design architectures into a variety of Northrop Grumman satellite systems
• With general direction, plan, prepare and complete all design and development activities and provide technical oversight to junior engineers
• Participate in or lead design reviews
• Perform deep dive reviews for peers
• Work with fabrication team on board layout and build. Define layout constraints and provide oversight to board layout personnel
• Support board through manufacturing of breadboards, engineering models, and flight units
• Select parts, identify alternate parts, and help resolve issues at the part level
• Designs avionics systems in assigned area by utilizing standard engineering and scientific principles
• Based on specific stated objectives perform design analysis of complex avionics such as Worst-Case (WCA) (Spice simulation, mathematical and statistical analysis), Part Stress (PSA), Failure modes and Effects (FMEA), Signal Integrity (SI) and Timing analysis
• Perform all detailed analysis and follow up to assure compliance with all technical, program and contractual requirements
• Analyzes avionics systems in assigned area by utilizing standard engineering and scientific principles
• Generate documentation and review packages for flight boards
• Develop performance specification
• Without detailed direction, decompose system level requirements and related performance criteria to the avionics box, card and FPGA level
• Support the development of a detailed test plan to evaluate avionics in accordance with stated requirements
• Test and debug boards. Bench level verification of board functionality. Work either individually or as part of a team to develop test procedures and hardware to verify breadboards, engineering models, and flight units
• Support delivery of board to box-level assembly, including testing and debug
• Provide inputs for technical, cost and schedule performance
• Participate in pre-proposal cost and technical assessments
• Effectively operate within a multi-discipline engineering team
• Able to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings
• Mentor junior engineers to help them understand design practices & processes
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior