Lead Spaceflight Electrical Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Gilbert (AZ); On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Gilbert, AZ seeks an experienced electrical engineer for spaceflight hardware development. You will design, analyze, and verify avionics, CCA layouts, and FPGA/micr ocontroller interfaces, supporting testing from breadboard to flight units.

Required are strong circuit design skills, schematic capture, and test planning experience for aerospace applications; DoD-sensitive work may apply. Collaborative and rigorous problem solving is essential.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field with 5+ years of experience (or 3 years with a Master’s or 1 year with a PhD).
• Solid background in digital/analog circuit design for spaceflight applications.
• Experience with schematic capture and circuit card layout practices.
• Experience with circuit analysis (WCA, PSA, FMEA, SI, timing, radiation).
• Experience developing test plans and procedures for avionics hardware.
• Experience leading design, development, and testing of breadboards, engineering models, and flight units.

Responsibilities

• Apply technical standards, principles, theories and techniques.
• Understand NGSS hardware design and test engineering practices.
• Coordinate with stakeholders on electrical interfaces and operation.
• Develop bench-level verification procedures and test limits.
• Prepare materials for program reviews (ERBs, FRBs, TRRs, PDRs, CDRs).
• Generate specifications and review packages for flight hardware.
• Collaborate across disciplines to support hardware delivery.

Skills

Digital circuit design

Analog circuit design

Schematic capture

Circuit analysis (WCA, PSA, FMEA)

Hardware testing

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in related field

Tools

DoD standards tooling

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Gilbert, AZ seeks an experienced electrical engineer for spaceflight hardware development. You will design, analyze, and verify avionics, CCA layouts, and FPGA/micr ocontroller interfaces, supporting testing from breadboard to flight units.

Required are strong circuit design skills, schematic capture, and test planning experience for aerospace applications; DoD-sensitive work may apply. Collaborative and rigorous problem solving is essential.