Electrical Engineer - 3 (SBI)

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer - 3 (SBI) to contribute to cradle-to-grave engineering on multiple launch vehicles including GPI, Antares, Minotaur, and Pegasus. You will design, analyze, test, and integrate complex electrical systems while mentoring junior engineers and coordinating with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes leadership in test program execution, data analysis, and ensuring safety across all activities, with

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering; 5+ years experience or 3 years with Masters.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• U.S. Government Active Secret Clearance at time of application is required.
• Experience with missile systems and associated standards preferred.
• Experience with design, test, and deployment of electrical components or subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Broad understanding and application of electrical engineering standards.
• Prepare and present engineering materials for design reviews.
• Perform qualification, testing, and data review of complex designs.
• Lead test program development and execution.
• Mentor engineers and perform peer reviews.
• Collaborate with IPTs and operations groups.
• Ensure safety is the number one priority.

Skills

Electrical engineering

System design

Test and analysis

Mentoring

MATLAB/Python

Data analysis

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Masters preferred

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer - 3 (SBI) in our Chandler, AZ facility. The Chandler group performs cradle-to-grave engineering on the majority of their launch vehicles. They are working on approximately 15 separate vehicles at any given time, among them are GPI, Antares, Minotaur, Pegasus, GMD, Sentinel, and many more. Their products serve a variety of purposes including ISS (International Space Station) cargo resupply, deploying defense satellites, developing missile interceptor technology, and providing much needed target vehicles to better hone our military capability. This means you can be part of the design, operations planning, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, launch operations and more. There is plenty to do and learn that will reinforce your existing skillsets while also helping you learn what it takes to get a rocket to lift off and achieve orbit. Our department has a good variety of sub-groups to choose from where you can roll up your sleeves to become an industry expert or opt to pursue a more well-rounded approach while learning a little about everything.

Job Duties:

• Based on specific objectives, perform analysis, design, and/or test of complex designs.
• Perform comprehensive review of internal, external, industry, customer, and range requirements to support system and subsystem designs.
• Perform detailed analyses to support/verify designs and conduct briefings to management and customers.
• Lead development, coordination, and execution of test programs required to evaluate the design.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations.
• Mentor other engineers from a technical standpoint as well as perform senior peer review.
• Collaborate early and often with other IPTs, engineering disciplines and operations/manufacturing groups.

Job responsibilities:

• Broad understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards.
• Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Prepares and presents electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
• Perform qualification acceptance testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test data review of completed complex system designs.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends that may indicate out of tolerance or degraded part performance.
• Perform testing to characterize off-nominal behavior of components.
• Actively and effectively participates and contributes in a positive manner while supporting team decisions and goals.
• Makes an extra effort to provide quality internal and external customer service.
• Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs.
• Disciplined with escalation when required.
• Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
• Participate in trade studies for both internal projects and procured equipment.
• Act with safety as your number one priority through every aspect of the role.
• Provides formal peer review of engineering designs or analyses for team members.

Basic Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering and 5 Years' Experience or 3 years Experience with Masters
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• U.S. Government Active Secret Clearance at time of application is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with missile systems and associated standards
• Prior experience with the design, test, and/or integration and deployment of electrical components or subsystems
• Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
• Burndown of nonconformances and/or root cause failure analysis of electronic systems.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
• Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
• Problem solving not only for technical issues, but also for schedule, cost, resource and other project challenges.
• Mentoring and cross-training team members across a diverse set of technologies and electrical system architectures used to meet customer requirements.
• Knowledgeable with the use of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and electronic loads.
• Experience using analytical software tools, such as MATLAB or Python, to analyze and reduce data to identify key characteristics and trends.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

• In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

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