Power Electronics Engineer Level 3/4 - Rolling Meadows

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer at Level 3 or Level 4 in Rolling Meadows, IL. This onsite role involves leading the design of power conversion architectures for space applications and coordinating with system, sub-system, and hardware teams.

The candidate will develop, simulate, and verify power supplies, drive design choices, and mentor junior engineers. At the Space Sector, you’ll help define how to push the art of the possible from day one.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional experience for Level 3 or 8+ years for Level 4
• No clearance required to start
• Power supply circuit design experience from schematic capture through test and integration
• Experience using schematic capture tools such as Mentor Graphics/Expedition or Altium
• Power electronic simulation experience (LTSpice/SIMPLIS/PSPICE/Simulink)
• Hands-on prototyping and debugging of complex power systems

Responsibilities

• Perform power supply design, including simulation and analysis, schematic creation and board layout
• Conduct technical trade studies to optimize designs
• Execute worst-case and component stress analyses
• Provide manufacturing support for hardware builds and testing
• Develop Acceptance Test Procedures and conduct initial hardware checkout
• Lead a team of engineers through design, simulation, and testing of power supplies

Skills

Power electronics

Team leadership

Circuit design

Schematic capture

Simulation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Mentor Graphics/Expedition

Altium

LTSpice

Simulink

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:

Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:

No

CLEARANCE TYPE:

None

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Power Electronics Engineer - Level 3 or Level 4 located in Rolling Meadows, IL, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

You will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Electrical Design & Technology group, working with other engineers to develop state-of-the-art power supplies and power products for space applications. This team supports our Electronics and Payloads Engineering Business Unit.

The Principal/Sr. Principal Power Design Engineer will design and develop power conversion architectures using the latest technologies from Linear Technology, Texas Instruments, and other integrated circuit device manufacturers. Power Design Engineers work with system, sub-system, and hardware engineers to develop requirements, architect new circuit design topologies, and printed wiring board layouts. Designs are verified through circuit simulation, laboratory verification, and formal qualification to electrical and mechanical environmental requirements, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) requirements and EMI/EMC compliance requirements. Design support is continuous from requirements definition through integration and test; and maintenance of design documentation and configuration management is required throughout the product life-cycle.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform power supply design, including simulation and analysis, schematic creation, component selection, and printed wiring board layout
• Perform technical trade studies
• Perform worst case analysis and component stress analysis
• Provide manufacturing support for your hardware builds
• Develop Acceptance Test Procedures and perform first piece hardware checkout/testing
• Work in a lab environment and support hardware production
• Lead team of engineers through the design, simulation, and testing of power supplies
• Other duties as assigned

Are you passionate about power? Are you looking for meaningful work in power electronics? If so, and this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

This position can be filled at either a Level 3 or Level 4.

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of professional experience - OR - Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 1 year of professional experience.
• No clearance required to start
• Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
• Experience utilizing schematic capture tools such as Mentor Graphics/Expedition, Altium, or similar software
• Power electronic simulation experience, such as LTSpice/SPICE/PSPICE, Saber, SIMPLIS, Simulink, or similar circuit simulation software
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex power systems, including various switch-mode power electronic topologies and linear regulators
• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
• Proven skills include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems

Basic Qualifications for Level 4:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience - OR - Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience - OR - PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
• No clearance required to start
• Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
• Experience utilizing schematic capture tools such as Mentor Graphics/Expedition, Altium, or similar software
• Power electronic simulation experi