Lead Nuclear Hardness & Survivability Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401(k)

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Nuclear Hardness and Survivability Engineer to develop analog circuits and survivable systems for DoD programs. You will analyze requirements, model circuits, and work with Mentor Xpedition, Cadence, and Altium, with on-site work in Woodland Hills, CA.

Active Secret Clearance and US Citizenship are required. The role includes NH&S testing coordination, radiation-effects analysis, and participation in design reviews to ensure robust, verifiable hardware for

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields.
• Master’s degree with 2 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Active US Government Secret Clearance is required.
• Prior experience in analog circuit design, modeling, and simulation.
• Experience with schematic capture and layout in Mentor Xpedition, Cadence, and/or Altium Designer.
• Experience with circuit and sub-system test and troubleshooting.
• Ability to work onsite full-time in Woodland Hills, CA.

Responsibilities

• Perform analog circuit design and analysis to support development of new products and survivable electronic systems.
• Execute system-level requirements analysis and develop subsystem-level requirements, conceptual design, preliminary design, and detailed design through design verification and characterization.
• Perform circuit modeling, simulation, and analysis as well as signal and power integrity analyses on PCB designs.
• Conduct schematic capture and support PCB layout using tools such as Mentor Xpedition, Cadence, and/or Altium Designer.
• Support circuit and subsystem test and troubleshooting in the lab, including design verification and characterization of analog and mixed-signal hardware.
• Define and assess nuclear hardness and survivability (NH&S) environments and requirements, and decompose/flow those requirements into firmware, hardware, and hardware/software interface designs.
• Conduct radiation transport modeling and simulation and support analysis of radiation effects on semiconductor devices and software-controlled electronics to inform architecture and design trades.
• Lead and participate in design reviews for survivable systems, driving closure of actions and ensuring robust verification and validation approaches for NH&S requirements.

Skills

Analog circuit design

Schematic capture

Layout tools

MATLAB

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

Mentor Xpedition

Cadence

Altium Designer

FASTRAD/OMERE/Space Radiation tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. is seeking a Nuclear Hardness and Survivability Engineer to develop analog circuits and survivable systems for DoD programs. You will analyze requirements, model circuits, and work with Mentor Xpedition, Cadence, and Altium, with on-site work in Woodland Hills, CA.

Active Secret Clearance and US Citizenship are required. The role includes NH&S testing coordination, radiation-effects analysis, and participation in design reviews to ensure robust, verifiable hardware for