Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, Level 4 — Avionics Design

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer (Level 4) in the Avionics Design Group within Launch Vehicles. You will lead circuit design and development for programs, performing detailed board-level digital and mixed-signal design, analysis and verification to meet requirements.

You will select components to meet harsh environments, including radiation effects, write design and test documentation, and support qualification testing. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with 8+ years of digital/mixed-signal design.
• Master's degree with 6+ years in digital/mixed-signal design.
• Experience with schematic capture and board layout.
• Familiar with FPGA and/or microprocessor circuit design.
• Proficient in circuit simulation tools (PSpice, LTSpice).
• Experience with Agile project formats; Jira and Git.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Preferred: Cadence, Matlab, VHDL, Python.
• Security clearance: DoD Secret preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform circuit design and development for programs.
• Conduct detailed analysis and verification to meet requirements.
• Write design, test docs, user manuals and procedures.
• Support qualification testing with procedures and reports.
• Coordinate with senior engineers and suppliers as needed.
• Keep records and ensure compliance with standards.

Skills

Digital design

Mixed-signal design

Schematic capture

Board layout

FPGA design

Microprocessors

Circuit simulation

Hardware troubleshooting

Jira

Git

Documentation writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PSpice

LTSpice

Cadence

Matlab

Python

VHDL

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer (Level 4) in the Avionics Design Group within Launch Vehicles. You will lead circuit design and development for programs, performing detailed board-level digital and mixed-signal design, analysis and verification to meet requirements.

You will select components to meet harsh environments, including radiation effects, write design and test documentation, and support qualification testing. U.S.