Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer IV

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ seeks a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer IV to lead complex design, analysis and testing across multiple launch vehicle programs. You will mentor engineers, collaborate with IPTs and ensure compliance with aerospace electrical standards.

The role emphasizes cradle-to-grave engineering, qualification testing, and risk-driven design while maintaining safety as a top priority.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 9+ years of experience or MS with 7+ years.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Current active U.S. Government Secret security clearance or higher at time of application.

Responsibilities

• Lead analysis, design, and testing of complex electrical system designs.
• Review requirements to support system and subsystem designs.
• Present engineering materials for design reviews and testing.
• Lead development and execution of test programs for design evaluation.
• Mentor engineers and conduct senior peer reviews.
• Collaborate with IPTs, other engineering disciplines, and operations.

Skills

Electrical design

Test & verification

Mentor peers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Test equipment

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking a Senior Principal Electrical Engineer IV in our Chandler, AZ facility.

The Chandler group performs cradle-to-grave engineering on the majority of their launch vehicles. They are working on approximately 15 separate vehicles at any given time, among them are GPI, Antares, Minotaur, Pegasus, GMD, Sentinel, and many more.

Their products serve a variety of purposes including ISS (International Space Station) cargo resupply, deploying defense satellites, developing missile interceptor technology, and providing much needed target vehicles to better hone our military capability.

This means you can be part of the design, operations planning, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, launch operations and more. There is plenty to do and learn that will reinforce your existing skillsets while also helping you learn what it takes to get a rocket to lift off and achieve orbit. Our department has a good variety of sub-groups to choose from where you can roll up your sleeves to become an industry expert or opt to pursue a more well-rounded approach while learning a little about everything.

Job Duties

• Based on specific objectives, perform analysis, design, and/or test of complex designs.
• Perform comprehensive review of internal, external, industry, customer, and range requirements to support system and subsystem designs.
• Perform detailed analyses to support/verify designs and conduct briefings to management and customers.
• Lead development, coordination, and execution of test programs required to evaluate the design.
• Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations.
• Mentor other engineers from a technical standpoint as well as perform senior peer review.
• Collaborate early and often with other IPTs, engineering disciplines and operations/manufacturing groups.

Job responsibilities

• Broad understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards.
• Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Prepares and presents electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
• Perform qualification acceptance testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test data review of completed complex system designs.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends that may indicate out of tolerance or degraded part performance.
• Perform testing to characterize off-nominal behavior of components.
• Actively and effectively participates and contributes in a positive manner while supporting team decisions and goals.
• Makes an extra effort to provide quality internal and external customer service.
• Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs.
• Disciplined with escalation when required.
• Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
• Participates in trade studies for both internal projects and procured equipment.
• Act with safety as your number one priority through every aspect of the role.
• Provides formal peer review of engineering designs or analyses for team members.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering and 9 Years' Experience or 7 Years Experience and Masters
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must have a current and active U.S. Government Secret Security clearance or higher at time of application is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Security Clearance, or higher
• Experience with missile systems and associated standards
• Prior experience with the design, test, and/or integration and deployment of electrical components or subsystems
• Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
• Burndown of nonconformances and/or root cause failure analysis of electronic systems.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
• Derives and de