Staff Electronics Engineer, Test Hardware & Software

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 169,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD seeks a Staff Electronics Engineer – Test Hardware and Software to design, integrate and maintain test fixtures and software for complex electronic systems across design through flight test. You will lead hardware/software development efforts and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure requirements are met.

Candidates should have strong hands‑on troubleshooting, RF/test equipment experience, and the ability to read schematics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or Master’s degree in STEM with 8 years, or Ph.D. degree in STEM with 6 years.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an Active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• The ability to read and interpret specifications, electrical schematics and block diagrams
• Mix of hardware and software design and development
• Experience in text‑based programming (e.g. C, C++, C#)
• Background and working knowledge in RF theory and concepts
• Experience with test & measurement equipment
• Experience leading test hardware and software design efforts from requirements through verification, validation, and certification, and support schedule and cost estimating for these efforts.

Responsibilities

• Understanding design to cost, scope, and schedule
• Requirements definition and deriving test hardware and software requirements from specifications
• Design of electromechanical test fixtures & software test solutions
• Providing manufacturing support during the hardware build process
• Integration of test fixtures & software into a functioning test solution
• Test equipment & software certification per customer requirements
• Test system deployment and factory support
• Software maintenance and/or hardware fixture update initiatives
• Conducting reviews of hardware‑related products, hardware designs, and technical documents
• Active participation in design reviews and other technical reviews, as required
• Active participation in technical peer reviews to ensure system/hardware requirements are being met from an end‑to‑end system point of view
• Troubleshooting and correcting root causes of various system‑level issues
• Prioritizing work and making recommendations to Technical Leads, as required

Skills

C/C++/C#

RF theory

Hardware testing

Troubleshooting

System integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

LabWindows CVI

Visual Studio

C/C++/C# Development

Mentor Graphics

DxDesigner/Xpedition

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD seeks a Staff Electronics Engineer – Test Hardware and Software to design, integrate and maintain test fixtures and software for complex electronic systems across design through flight test. You will lead hardware/software development efforts and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure requirements are met.

Candidates should have strong hands‑on troubleshooting, RF/test equipment experience, and the ability to read schematics.