Senior Principal Hardware Engineer - RF & Test Systems

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in San Diego, CA seeks a Sr Principal Hardware Engineer (Level 4) to join the Manufacturing Engineering team. The role is onsite at Rancho Carmel and may support Spectrum campus as needed.

The position reports to Test Engineering Manager and involves testing method development, hardware troubleshooting, and collaboration with design teams to drive improvements and yield. Requires DoD-relevant experience and US citizenship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field; 8+ years experience or Master’s degree; 6+ years
• Experience leading technicians through complex troubleshooting techniques
• Experience communicating effectively to delegate troubleshooting tasks and obtain results
• Experience in working in classified and unclassified networks, network storage devices, security appliances, and government external interfaces.
• Working knowledge of engineering principles, processes, and software/hardware integration.
• Experience performing essential electrical and RF troubleshooting using equipment such as Multimeter, Network/Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope.
• Experience reading and interpreting specifications, schematics and block diagrams
• Experience with measuring test equipment effectiveness including availability, performance, and quality.
• Understanding of Power Amplifiers
• Hands-on troubleshooting of electrical/electro-mechanical hardware
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience compiling data and defining changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements.
• Current SAP access or ability to obtain SAP access.
• Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement testing methods and equipment.
• Troubleshoot and support RF and digital hardware.
• Support First Time Through Test Yield (FTTTY) and hardware deliveries.
• Analyze test data and identify early trends.
• Compile data and define changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements.
• Collaborate with design engineering to develop and implement hardware improvements and solutions.
• Support technicians through troubleshoot and training.
• Monitor product yields and maintain program yield targets.
• Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions.
• Attend program meetings to report yield issues, yield detractor investigation finding, and corrective actions.
• Interface with manufacturing management, test technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams.
• Scheduled telework days can be approved at manager's discretion.
• This position requires travel up to 10% of the time.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

RF troubleshooting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

Multimeter

Network/Spectrum Analyzer

Oscilloscope

Schematic interpretation

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in San Diego, CA seeks a Sr Principal Hardware Engineer (Level 4) to join the Manufacturing Engineering team. The role is onsite at Rancho Carmel and may support Spectrum campus as needed.

The position reports to Test Engineering Manager and involves testing method development, hardware troubleshooting, and collaboration with design teams to drive improvements and yield. Requires DoD-relevant experience and US citizenship.