Senior RF Manufacturing Test Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 108,800 - 163,200; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Principal Electronics Engineer - Manufacturing Test Engineering (RF Systems) based in Rolling Meadows, IL. The role focuses on test station hardware efforts for testing RF production hardware in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include leading test development from requirements capture through final validation and release, collaborating with Design Engineering, Test Hardware Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Manufacturing Technicians

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering or related STEM field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master of Science with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting hardware and test issues; experience with schematic generation (Cadence).
• Experience with hardware design/development and integration and validation activities on schedule and on budget.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Lead test development from requirements capture through final validation and release.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Test Hardware Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Manufacturing Technicians to support test station hardware and acceptance testing of Shop Replaceable Units and Line Replaceable Unit level payload environmental screening.
• Coordinate with Production, Design Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality organizations to test and provide solutions for nonconformance systems and contractual acceptance testing.
• Design, debug, and validate test stations; develop and maintain testing procedures (Manufacturing Acceptance testing procedures and Environmental Screening procedures).
• Develop test fixtures and test station concepts (schematics, block diagrams, simulations, test requirement creation) and ensure interfaces with multiple leadership levels, clients, and vendors.
• Interface with cross-functional teams to ensure testability and support continuous improvement in cost, cycle time, and defect reduction.

Skills

Test development

Troubleshooting hardware

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Cadence

GitHub

LabWindows/CVI

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Principal Electronics Engineer - Manufacturing Test Engineering (RF Systems) based in Rolling Meadows, IL. The role focuses on test station hardware efforts for testing RF production hardware in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include leading test development from requirements capture through final validation and release, collaborating with Design Engineering, Test Hardware Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Manufacturing Technicians