Engineer Electrical Level 1 - Power Subsystems - Dulles
About The Position
Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Level 1 to join their collaborative teams in Dulles, VA. This role is crucial for missions of paramount importance, focusing on the art of the possible from day one. The position is 100% onsite and does not accommodate telecommute work. The Electrical Power Subsystem team for Northrop Grumman Space System's Commercial and Human Exploration operations is looking for an engineer to assist with the architecting, manufacturing, testing, and mission control operation of power generation, storage, and distribution systems for commercial communication, science/exploration, and manned spacecraft. Ideal candidates will have experience or knowledge of Li-ion batteries, Solar Arrays, power regulation and conditioning circuitry, electrical testing, manufacturing processes, and human factors design. Leadership skills, customer service experience, budget management, and a strong self-initiated work ethic are highly preferred. This position operates on a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off, but requires some night/weekend shift work and periodic domestic and international travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 6 months of professional experience.
- Solid background and understanding of electrical engineering
- Possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciples
- Self starter in order to drive and see items through to closure within desired need dates
Nice To Haves
- Some previous experience or rudimentary knowledge of Li-ion batteries, Solar Arrays, the fundamentals of power regulation and conditioning circuitry, electrical testing, manufacturing processes, and human factors design.
- Leadership skills
- Customer service experience
- Budget management
- Basic working knowledge of spacecraft power subsystems
- Basic understanding of system engineering principles
- Familiarity with spaceflight electronics development
Responsibilities
- Responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance of the space vehicle electrical power subsystem
- Applies electrical engineering principles to adapt or improve upon heritage features from previous successful designs
- Prepares and presents analysis material for design reviews & major customer meetings
- Analyze and architect spacecraft power avionics, batteries, and solar arrays by utilizing standard engineering and scientific principles
- Provide subcontractor technical and project management oversight to ensure delivery needs of the spacecraft
- Perform technical trades
- Supports development and testing in Integration & Test
- Supports mission operations for post launch activities
- Perform voltage drop analysis, energy balance analysis, fuse sizing & transient analysis, equipment degradation analysis
- Subsystem requirements generation, decomposition, and overall management
- Analyze on-ground failures and in-orbit anomalies. Earned value reporting for cost account
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
