Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, Cable & Harness SME

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join the test design and analysis team in Roy, UT for the GBSD program. You will architect, develop, and deliver cable/harness solutions, owning the STE SOW from concept to delivery, and serve as a SME in harness and instrumentation.

The role requires leading design reviews, coordinating with IPTs, and ensuring electrical interconnects align with system requirements. A DoD Secret clearance is required to start.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with 8 years of experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of experience; or PhD with 4 years of experience.
• Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with ability to obtain SAP approval within a reasonable period.
• At least 1 year of experience with basic data signal types (MIL-STD-1553, RS-422, CAN etc.).
• At least 1 year of experience with circuit design analysis and electrical system sizing/protection as well as various wire shielding requirements.
• At least 1 year of experience with wire gauge sizing, voltage drop analysis, and derating analysis.
• At least 1 year of experience with harness fabrication, component selection and installation processes with hands-on experience.
• At least 1 year of experience with EMI/RF principles and their application to harness shielding.
• At least 1 year of experience with parts, materials and processes for electrical harness related to power distribution, RF, communication and high-speed data signal applications, as well as manufacturing support.
• At least 1 year of experience Data Acquisition and Instrumentation systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and document electrical interconnects through coordination with system, subsystem, and unit engineers.
• Pro-actively communicate across teams to ensure critical data is identified for collection.
• Incorporate project flow down requirements into the harness/cable design.
• Prepare and present harness subsystem design, architecture and implementation plans at various design team meetings and reviews.
• Assist in establishing harness/cable routing and segmentation.
• Perform voltage drop analysis and capacitance studies.
• Experience in RF transmission line analysis and performance.
• Provide support to Manufacturing, Procurement, Lab Integration and Test Design and implement Test and Measurement systems in the lab space.
• Perform Technical Lead review and provide sign off on electrical harness and wiring diagrams.

Skills

Cable harness design

Electrical engineering

RF transmission line analysis

Data Acquisition and Instrumentation

EMI RF principles

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8 years of experience

Tools

Microsoft Visio

RapidHarness

NX

AutoCAD

Capital

Teamcenter

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer to join the test design and analysis team in Roy, UT for the GBSD program. You will architect, develop, and deliver cable/harness solutions, owning the STE SOW from concept to delivery, and serve as a SME in harness and instrumentation.

The role requires leading design reviews, coordinating with IPTs, and ensuring electrical interconnects align with system requirements. A DoD Secret clearance is required to start.