Principal Electrical Engineer - 3
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer for its Chandler, Arizona facility. The Chandler group performs cradle-to-grave engineering for launch vehicles, including design, operations planning, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, and launch operations. Its work supports missions such as International Space Station cargo resupply, defense satellite deployment, missile interceptor development, and military target vehicles. In this role, you will analyze, design, and test complex electrical engineering systems; review requirements and verify designs; lead test programs, troubleshooting, and failure investigations; and present technical results to management and customers. You will also mentor engineers, conduct peer reviews, and collaborate with other engineering disciplines, integrated product teams, and operations and manufacturing groups. The position requires an active U.S. Government Secret clearance at the time of application and U.S. citizenship. Travel is approximately 10%.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and 5 years of experience, or a master's degree and 3 years of experience.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Active U.S. Government Secret clearance at the time of application.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with missile systems and associated standards.
- Prior experience designing, testing, integrating, and/or deploying electrical components or subsystems.
- Experience releasing engineering documentation, including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
- Experience resolving nonconformances and/or conducting root-cause failure analysis of electronic systems.
- Ability to evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
- Ability to derive and decompose requirements from multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
- Problem-solving ability across technical, schedule, cost, resource, and other project challenges.
- Experience mentoring and cross-training team members across technologies and electrical system architectures.
- Knowledge of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and electronic loads.
- Experience using analytical software tools such as MATLAB or Python to analyze and reduce data and identify characteristics and trends.
Responsibilities
- Perform analysis, design, and/or testing of complex designs based on specific objectives.
- Review internal, external, industry, customer, and range requirements to support system and subsystem designs.
- Conduct detailed analyses to support and verify designs, and brief management and customers.
- Lead the development, coordination, and execution of test programs to evaluate designs.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations.
- Mentor other engineers technically and perform senior peer reviews.
- Collaborate with integrated product teams, other engineering disciplines, and operations and manufacturing groups.
- Apply industry and company electrical engineering technical standards and working knowledge of related disciplines.
- Prepare and present electrical engineering materials for requirements and design reviews.
- Perform qualification acceptance testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test-data review of completed complex system designs.
- Analyze data to identify trends that may indicate out-of-tolerance or degraded part performance.
- Test components to characterize off-nominal behavior.
- Participate constructively in team decisions and goals, provide quality internal and external customer service, and seek and share information to meet customer needs.
- Escalate issues when required and act with safety as the top priority.
- Derive and decompose requirements from multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
- Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs, and participate in trade studies for internal projects and procured equipment.
- Provide formal peer reviews of engineering designs or analyses for team members.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
