Senior Avionics Electrical Engineer - Circuit Design

0902 SP - Launch Vehicles; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ, seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer (Level 3) for the Avionics Design Group in Launch Vehicles. You will lead circuit design, analysis and validation for spaceflight programs, integrating radiation-tolerant components and FPGA work.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, produce design docs, and support qualification testing while operating within Agile processes and DoD requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or higher in Electrical Engineering with relevant design experience.
• Experience in digital/mixed-signal design for aerospace or defense environments.
• Proficiency with schematic capture, layout, and circuit simulation tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop circuit designs for programs in the Launch Vehicles unit.
• Perform detailed board-level digital and mixed-signal circuit design, analysis and simulation to verify designs.
• Select components to meet stringent radiation environments and requirements.
• Evaluate designs with senior engineers and implement necessary modifications.
• Write design and test documentation including analyses, specs and procedures.
• Support qualification testing with test procedures and reports.
• Oversee supplier design activities under senior engineer oversight.

Skills

Digital/mixed-signal design

Schematic capture

Board layout

FPGA design

Circuit simulation

Hardware debugging

Agile methods

Jira/Git

Cadence

Matlab

VHDL

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Cadence

Matlab

VHDL

Python

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ, seeks a Principal Electrical Engineer (Level 3) for the Avionics Design Group in Launch Vehicles. You will lead circuit design, analysis and validation for spaceflight programs, integrating radiation-tolerant components and FPGA work.

You will collaborate with senior engineers, produce design docs, and support qualification testing while operating within Agile processes and DoD requirements.