Space Electrical Power Subsystems Engineer II

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Dulles, VA is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Level 2 to join our Space Sector. This 100% onsite role focuses on architecting, manufacturing, testing, and operating power generation, storage, and distribution systems for spacecraft.

The ideal candidate has a solid electrical engineering background, an active SCI clearance, and the ability to work night/weekend shifts with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of professional experience OR Master’s degree with 0 years.
• Active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application.
• Solid background and understanding of electrical engineering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Self starter to drive items to closure on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for technical, cost and schedule performance of the space vehicle electrical power subsystem.
• Applies electrical engineering principles to adapt or improve upon heritage features from previous designs.
• Prepares and presents analysis material for design reviews & major customer meetings.
• Analyze and architect spacecraft power avionics, batteries, and solar arrays.
• Provide subcontractor technical and project management oversight to ensure delivery needs of the spacecraft.
• Perform technical trades.
• Supports development and testing in Integration & Test.
• Supports mission operations for post launch activities.
• Perform voltage drop analysis, energy balance analysis, fuse sizing & transient analysis.
• Subsystem requirements generation, decomposition, and overall management.
• Analyze on-ground failures and in-orbit anomalies.
• Earned value reporting for cost accounts.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Space systems

Clearance SCI

Communication skills

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Power system analysis tools

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Dulles, VA is seeking an Electrical Engineer – Level 2 to join our Space Sector. This 100% onsite role focuses on architecting, manufacturing, testing, and operating power generation, storage, and distribution systems for spacecraft.

The ideal candidate has a solid electrical engineering background, an active SCI clearance, and the ability to work night/weekend shifts with occasional travel.