Staff Electrical Engineer - 5
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer for its Chandler, Arizona facility. The Chandler group performs cradle-to-grave engineering on a range of launch vehicles, including GPI, Antares, Minotaur, Pegasus, GMD, and Sentinel. Its products support International Space Station cargo resupply, defense satellite deployment, missile interceptor technology, and target vehicles. The work may span design, operations planning, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, and launch operations. The engineer applies broad electrical engineering expertise and relevant technical standards to complex designs and systems. The role includes analyzing, designing, and testing systems; reviewing and decomposing requirements; assessing design risks and uncertainty; planning and executing test programs; analyzing results; troubleshooting and investigating failures; and presenting engineering materials to management and customers. The engineer also provides formal peer reviews, mentors other engineers, and collaborates with engineering disciplines, integrated product teams, and operations and manufacturing groups. U.S. citizenship is required, along with the ability to obtain an active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and 10 years of experience, or a master's degree and 7 years of experience.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Ability to obtain an active U.S. Government Secret Security clearance or higher at the time of application.
- Broad understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards.
- Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of related disciplines.
Nice To Haves
- Active Secret Security clearance or higher.
- Experience with missile systems and associated standards.
- Prior experience designing, testing, integrating, 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.
- Experience evaluating uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
- Experience deriving and decomposing requirements from documentation and design meetings.
- Problem-solving ability across technical, schedule, cost, resource, and other project challenges.
- Experience mentoring and cross-training team members across diverse technologies and electrical system architectures.
- Knowledge of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and electronic loads.
- Experience using analytical software 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.
- Perform detailed analyses to support and verify designs, and brief management and customers.
- Lead development, coordination, and execution of test programs to evaluate designs.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations.
- Mentor engineers technically and perform senior peer reviews.
- Collaborate with integrated product teams, other engineering disciplines, and operations and manufacturing groups.
- Prepare and present electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
- Perform qualification acceptance testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and review of test data for 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.
- Derive and decompose requirements from multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
- Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
- Participate in trade studies for internal projects and procured equipment.
- Provide formal peer reviews of team members’ engineering designs or analyses.
- Support team decisions and goals, provide customer service, seek information to meet customer needs, and escalate issues when required.
- Prioritize safety throughout all aspects of the role.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off 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
