Staff Motor Drive Engineer
Northrop Grumman•Rolling Meadows, IL
•$169,000 - $253,600•Onsite
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Staff motor drive engineer to design solutions for electromechanical servo systems. Tasks would include motor selection, PWM and linear motor drive hardware design, controls design, testing, and subsystem integration. The motor drive engineer would work in a small functional team to support programs across multiple business units. This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL. location.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or closely related field, and 12+ years of relevant experience (10 years with a Master of Science degree, 8 years with a PhD or Science degree)
- Experience with selection and control of 3-phase brushless DC motors
- Experience with power electronics design
- Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, and circuit simulation tools (e.g. SPICE, Saber)
- Ability to function in a multi-disciplinary team-oriented environment and rapidly adapt to changing work priorities.
- US Citizenship
- Ability to obtain a minimum of a Secret Clearance prior to starting
Nice To Haves
- Experience with the selection of motors, motor drives, and digital controllers based on cost constraints and technical performance requirements
- Experience with high precision multi-axis servo applications using inertial stabilization
- Experience with power electronics design using GaN FETs
- Troubleshooting, integration, and test experience
- Understanding of EMI/EMC requirements
- Experience with digital communication interfaces
- Understanding of digital control theory
- Understanding of how motor drive performance impacts system level requirements
- Experience with C code development for Texas Instruments C2000 microcontrollers using the TI Code Composer Studio IDE, or other embedded software/firmware development experience
- Experience conducting structured trade studies
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
Responsibilities
- Motor selection
- PWM and linear motor drive hardware design
- Controls design
- Testing
- Subsystem integration
- Support programs across multiple business units
- Function in a multi-disciplinary team-oriented environment
- Rapidly adapt to changing work priorities
- Troubleshooting, integration, and test experience
- Conducting structured trade studies
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
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
