Electrical Systems Engineer, C&DH for Spacecraft

Northrop Grumman; Virginia; On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a technical leader for the Electrical Systems and C&DH Subsystem Engineering. You will design, architect, and manage avionics that control spacecraft functions, process data, and transmit data to earth or other satellites.

The role requires a strong electrical engineering background, customer-facing responsibilities, and collaboration across PM, CE, LSE, EPS, and I&T teams. Expect budget, schedule, and team leadership duties within the CDH subsystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a STEM field (preferably Electrical Engineering) and 5 years of relevant work experience, or 9 years with a Master’s or 4 years with a PhD.
• Technical experience in Electrical Systems or C&DH subsystem Engineering.
• Experience with flight hardware development, MRB/PM&P/End Item Data Packages (EIDP).
• Active TS Clearance with ability to obtain SCI.

Responsibilities

• Performs requirement analysis and decomposition of customer requirements into hardware and software specs and defines verification methods.
• Manages internal and external flight-vehicle electrical interfaces and creates interconnect diagrams and schematics.
• Oversees design integration, verification, and validation for CDH electrical-system elements.

Skills

Electrical Systems

C&DH subsystem Engineering

Flight hardware development

Program management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DOORS

CAMEO

Microsoft Project

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a technical leader for the Electrical Systems and C&DH Subsystem Engineering. You will design, architect, and manage avionics that control spacecraft functions, process data, and transmit data to earth or other satellites.

The role requires a strong electrical engineering background, customer-facing responsibilities, and collaboration across PM, CE, LSE, EPS, and I&T teams. Expect budget, schedule, and team leadership duties within the CDH subsystem.