Senior Design Engineer – Avionics & Systems Integration

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Health insurance

Savings plan

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Principal Design Engineer to design major components, develop and improve products, and support manufacturing operations.

You will lead design activities, evaluate manufacturability and cost, create layouts and wiring diagrams, and coordinate with multiple organizations to ensure successful integration of complex air vehicle systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) with 5 years of experience; 3 years with a Master’s degree; or 1 year with a PhD.
• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government Secret clearance.
• Capability to obtain and maintain Special Access Programs (SAP) clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop major component or system designs, create preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes.
• Investigate design factors such as manufacturability, material availability, interchangeability, strength‑weight efficiency, and cost.
• Coordinate with other organizations affected by design development.
• Create layouts of complex assemblies and detailed parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures.
• Check layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformance to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.
• Identify design errors, omissions, and deficiencies and recommend revisions and improvements.
• Develop and integrate designs for various air vehicle systems and subsystems, integrating into labs, test vehicles, or specialized test equipment.
• Engage in design activities related to cable interface assemblies.
• Use standard computer‑aided design (CAD) digitizing techniques and skills to digitize, edit, and revise engineering drawings of components, parts, circuits, structures, and assemblies.
• Perform engineering computations, mathematical calculations, determine scales, and prepare or revise specifications.
• Develop avionics and lab harness designs and schematics.
• Coordinate electrical engineering designs through procurement and integration processes.
• Lead and coordinate hardware integration in laboratory environments.
• Document designs and support product lifecycle management.
• Troubleshoot and verify systems in lab settings.

Skills

CAD

Electrical schematics

System integration

Lab testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master’s degree in engineering or related field

PhD (preferred)

Tools

Ethernet

1553

Job description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems in Palmdale, CA is seeking a Principal Design Engineer to design major components, develop and improve products, and support manufacturing operations.

You will lead design activities, evaluate manufacturability and cost, create layouts and wiring diagrams, and coordinate with multiple organizations to ensure successful integration of complex air vehicle systems.