Engineer or Principal Engineer- Subsystems Electrical

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Overtime bonus potential

Long Term Incentives

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Engineer or Principal Engineer - Subsystems Electrical to join our team in Palmdale, CA; or Oklahoma City, OK. The role covers electrical design, architecture, testing, and troubleshooting for aircraft subsystems.

Responsibilities include power generation and distribution system design, interface with suppliers, and system-level verification. Seniority depends on qualifications; DoD clearance is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in STEM and 2 years of aerospace structural design experience.
• Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and SAP clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical wiring designs of functional systems and select conductors and components.
• Support design requirements for power generation, conversion, and distribution systems.
• Lead system design and development including trade studies, layouts, and verification.

Skills

Electrical design

Air vehicle systems

System architecture

Troubleshooting

Security clearance

Education

Bachelors degree in STEM

Masters or PhD in STEM (preferred for Level 3)

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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. Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Engineer or Principal Engineer - Subsystems Electrical to join our team in Palmdale, CA; or OklahomaCity, OK. The Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Subsystems & Integration may be involved in multiple aspects of aircraft subsystem development including electrical design, analysis, requirements, and issue troubleshooting. Aircraft subsystems include System Architecture, Cable Design, and Electrical Power Generation & Distribution.

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical wiring designs of a functional system including the selection of aircraft-type conductors and electro-mechanical components such as connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, terminal junction systems.
• Support design requirements for electrical power generation, conversion and distribution systems, and circuit protective requirements for aerospace vehicle systems including Electrical Loads Analysis, test procedures, power architectures, reports, analyses, and other vehicle power related deliverables.
• Responsible for all aspects of system/component design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test & verification, and troubleshooting.
• May participate on a subcontractor management team and will act as the technical point of contact with suppliers for hardware development, qualification, and procurement System level test planning, execution support, verification, data processing, and troubleshooting.
• System level evaluations to verify requirements and ensure airworthiness criteria are met.

Position may be filled as either a Electrical Engineer (level 2) OR Principal Electrical Engineer (level 3) depending on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Engineer (Level 2)

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and 2 years of experience in Aerospace structural design
• Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer (Level 3)

• Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an Masters degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience OR a PhD in STEM and 1 years of related experience
• Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Experience with military aircraft subsystem development, with requirements definition, specification development, component analysis, procurement, source selection, integration and test and verification for advance aircraft
• Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures

Salary

#Blue Primary Level Salary Range: $75,100.00 - $171,000.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

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.

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• 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

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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.

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

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.