Principal / Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer with Security Clearance

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 - Launch and Missile Defense Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer / Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Huntsville, AL. Position Overview: The selected Principal / Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer will be responsible for cradle-to-grave launch vehicle-centric hardware electrical design engineering, supporting the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) Weapons Systems (GWS) Ground Support Systems (GSS) product team. This entails being a part of the hardware development for multiple technical baselines and the accompanying operations planning, hands-on design engineering, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, and launch/retrofit operations planning. Job Duties : Perform analysis/research, hardware requirements management, electrical design engineering, and testing of complex designs. Perform comprehensive review of internal, external and range requirements to support launch vehicle system level design and vehicle subsystem design. Develop design solutions. Perform detailed analyses to support/verify those designs and support/conduct briefings to management and customers. Lead development, coordination, and execution of test programs required to verify the design. Oversee component supplier design, analysis, manufacture, and test. Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations. Collaborate early and often with other engineering disciplines and operations/manufacturing groups. Expectations Include: * Designs requirements-driven hardware and electrical component solutions.
* Studies basic design concepts and criteria for more complex problems.
* Applies electrical engineering principles to adapt or improve upon heritage features from previous successful designs of a similar nature.
* Perform qualification testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test data review of completed designs.
* Derives requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
* Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
* Prepares and presents HW / electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
* Schematic development and interpretation.
* Circuit design, signal monitoring, fault isolation.
* 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.
* Participate in impact assessments for both internal projects and procured equipment.
* Provides inputs into bill of materials (BOMs) and evaluates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts for compliance.
* Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs.
* Disciplined with escalation when required.
* 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.
* Act with safety as your number one priority through every aspect of the role.Essential Functions: * Support advanced portions of the lifecycle of hardware development to include requirements definition, design, integration, and deployment.
* Researches, develops, designs and tests electrical components and equipment systems.
* Communicate openly and effectively with teammates and customer representatives.The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below. Basic Qualifications: This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Electrical Design Engineer or a Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer level. Basic Qualifications for a Principal Electrical Design Engineer are:
* Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related experience, or 0 years of experience with a PhD.
* Prior experience with the design, test, and integration and deployment of electrical components, electrical ground support equipment (EGSE), and subsystems.
* Requirements-driven hardware design; circuitry design.
* Demonstrated understanding and application of company electrical engineering technical standards.
* Demonstrated technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
* Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines.
* Provide technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.
* Ability to travel at least 10% to support business needs.
* Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment; this is not a remote work position.
* U.S. Citizenship is required.
* Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government security clearance at the DoD secret level; and a minimum of an interim secret clearance will be required to start.Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Electrical Design Engineer are:
* Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 9 years of related experience, or a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of related experience, or 4 years of experience with a PhD.
* Prior experience with the design, test, and integration and deployment of electrical components, electrical ground support equipment (EGSE), and subsystems
* Requirements-driven hardware design; circuitry design experience.
* Demonstrated understanding and application of company electrical engineering technical standards.
* Demonstrated technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
* Ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
* Ability to develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
* Ability to travel at least 10% to support business needs.
* Must be able to support an in-person / closed-area work environment; this is not a remote work position.
* U.S. Citizenship is required.
* Applicants must be able to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Government security clearance at the DoD secret level; and a minimum of an interim secret clearance will be required to start.Preferred Qualifications
* B.S. in Electrical Engineering preferred.
* Active Secret Security Clearance, or higher
* Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures
* Burndown of non-conformances and/or root cause failure analysis of electronic systems.
* Problem solving not only for technical issues, but also for schedule, cost, resource and other project challenges.
* Mentoring and cross-training team members across a diverse set of technologies and electrical system architectures used to meet customer requirements.
* Experience using analytical software tools, such as MATLAB or Python, to analyze and reduce data to identify key characteristics and trends.
* LabVIEW programming and National Instruments (NI) hardware and software products.
* LabVIEW FPGA development experience.
* DOORS and/or CAMEO exposure.
* Experience with classified test systems or systems subject to cyber security policies and risk management framework (RMF).
* Experience with telemetry systems.
* Hardware / Software integration and testing.
* Experience with mission critical and safety critical systems, components, connectors, cables, etc. * Familiarity with Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Core Standards: MDA-QS-001-MAP, MDA-QS-003-PMAP, MDA Instruction 5000.20-INS (ETR Process).
* Familiarity with MIL-STD-1901A, MIL-STD-882, EWR-127, RCC 319, RCC 324, DoDEA 8510.01, MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab, ECSS-ST-50-11C.
* Familiarity with the GMD domain, GMD Launch Support Systems hardware, and/or DoD programs involved in autonomous vehicle launch support.Salary Range: $102,400 - $153,600
Salary Range 2: $127,000 - $190,600 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and p

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