Staff Electrical Engineer - 5

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Chandler, AZ seeks a Staff Electrical Engineer - 5 to perform cradle-to-grave engineering on launch vehicles and related subsystems. You will contribute from design through verification across multiple programs including ISS-related payloads and interceptor technology.

The role involves hands-on design, analysis, testing, and integration, with opportunities to mentor engineers, lead test programs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Broad electrical engineering knowledge and applied design experience.
• Ability to perform analyses, designs, and tests of complex electrical systems.
• Experience leading test programs and investigations; strong problem-solving skills.
• Mentor other engineers and participate in peer reviews.

Responsibilities

• Understand and apply electrical engineering standards across projects.
• Prepare and present materials for design reviews and technical briefings.
• Conduct qualification testing, characterization testing, and data review of designs.
• Perform data analysis to identify trends and degraded performance.
• Collaborate with IPTs, other engineering disciplines, and operations teams.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Analyses and design

Testing and debugging

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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 Staff Electrical Engineer - 5 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.