Senior Electronics Architect & IMU Systems Lead

Northrop Grumman; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 193,000 - 289,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9/80 schedule

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in the greater Los Angeles area is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Electronics Architect to lead cross-domain electronics development across analog, digital, power, FPGA, and embedded test architectures. The role emphasizes IMU architecture, test planning, and production test solution development.

The selected candidate will partner with software/firmware, electrical, mechanical, systems, and program leadership to drive technical proposals, research,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or STEM with 14 years of relevant engineering experience; or a Master’s degree with 12 years of relevant engineering experience; or a PhD with 10 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last 5 years or current enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable time frame to meet business needs.
• Experience serving as IPT Lead, Technical Lead, Hardware Architect, Software Architect, or in another engineering leadership role with demonstrated team-building and organizational skills.
• Experience across hardware and software development lifecycles, including design, test and evaluation, and transition to production.
• Ability to develop, debug, and review test code.
• Experience generating, reviewing, and releasing engineering documentation such as schematics, test specifications, assembly drawings, and interconnect diagrams.
• Ability to interface with teams of major programs to develop executable strategies for test execution and technical skill alignment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for complex electronics products, driving architecture, integration, and validation across hardware, software, and firmware domains.
• Lead development of test architecture and test strategies to verify and validate requirements across multiple product lines.
• Provide subject matter expertise in the integration and testing of electronics, power, and digital systems, with emphasis on IMU-based products.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs during engineering development and guide design decisions to support product performance, testability, manufacturability, and program execution.
• Partner with design and integration teams to ensure successful incorporation of new hardware and software/firmware into test environments.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for developing and integrating Production Test Solutions.
• Support requirements flow-down, requirements management, verification planning, and technical closure of design requirements.
• Generate and review technical documentation including specifications, interface control documents, technical reports, engineering studies, and proposal content.

Skills

Team leadership

System integration

Test code development

Test architecture

Analog/digital electronics

Power electronics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or STEM

Master’s or PhD (preferred for senior level)

Tools

NI LabWindows/CVI

C/C++

HDL (Verilog/VHDL)

Matlab

Xilinx Vivado

Cadence Allegro / Altium / Xpedition

PSpice / LTspice

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in the greater Los Angeles area is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Electronics Architect to lead cross-domain electronics development across analog, digital, power, FPGA, and embedded test architectures. The role emphasizes IMU architecture, test planning, and production test solution development.

The selected candidate will partner with software/firmware, electrical, mechanical, systems, and program leadership to drive technical proposals, research,