Principal Manufacturing Test Engineering (RF Systems)

Northrop Grumman; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Rolling Meadows, IL seeks a Principal Electronics Engineer - Manufacturing Test Engineering (RF Systems) to lead test development for RF production hardware and to partner with design, test hardware, quality, and manufacturing teams to solve complex integration challenges.

You will own requirements capture through final validation and release, supporting acceptance testing of Shop Replaceable Units and payload-level environmental screening; travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Lead test development from requirements capture through final validation and release.
• Collaborate with Design Engineer, Test Hardware Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer and Manufacturing Technician to ensure test effectiveness and smooth handoffs.
• Support acceptance testing of Shop Replaceable Units and environmental screening at payload level.

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for you to join our team as a Principal Electronics Engineer - Manufacturing Test Engineering (RF Systems) based out of Rolling Meadows, IL.

Manufacturing Engineers thrive in an environment of daily unique challenges and close proximity to products. Partnering with production, successful test engineers lead troubleshooting and ensure excellence. Engineers who do well in this setting enjoy seeing their work perform in a test or a product, collaborate and communicate well across functions, and are innovative problem solvers. Best suited to this role are those who enjoy learning and bring a sense of urgency and energy to their tasks.

This position will support test station hardware efforts associated with testing Radio Frequency (RF) production hardware in a dynamic, fast-paced and technically challenging production environment.

Behavioral Traits Sought Out

• The Manufacturing Test Engineers are expected to be problem solvers with the ability to provide results that are innovative and often achieved through collaboration across functional groups.
• We seek individuals with proven excellence in the following 6 core competencies:
• High levels of Self-accountability and Ownership
• Acts with Speed
• Responds to Challenges with Resilience
• Leads with Courage
• Sets vision for the assigned products
• Builds a High Performing Team

This individual will be responsible for all aspects of test development from requirements capture through final validation and release. A successful person in this role will be very effective at leading collaboration with the product Design Engineer, the Test Hardware Engineer, the Quality Assurance Engineer and the Manufacturing Technician. This position would include providing needed efforts to set up and support the acceptance testing of the Shop Replaceable Units, as well as acceptance testing and environmental screening at the payload (Line Replaceable Unit) level. This position will support aerial, military-grade, or space-grade Electronic Warfare Systems and Subsystems.

What You Will Get To Do

• Support to Production: Coordinate with Design Engineering, Production technician, Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality organizations to test and provide solutions to support nonconformance systems for contractual acceptance testing and environmental screening commitments.
• Test station design – debug & integration/validation: Investig