Sr Principal Engineer Electronics

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Senior Principal Electrical Design Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This role is located in Chandler, AZ.

The selected candidate will provide design, development, manufacturing and test engineering support for a power supply designs for an ignition safety device used on a multi-stage launch vehicle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for detailed design of Analog circuits and sub-systems, including analog power supply design
• Design tasks include box level requirements analysis, board level requirements development, conceptual design, preliminary design, and detailed design through design verification and transition to production.
• Analysis tasks include detailed circuit modeling, simulation and analysis, signal integrity analysis, electrical stress analysis, and worst-case circuit analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering with 8 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with 6 years of relevant experience, or a PhD in Electrical Engineering with 4 years of relevant experience
• 3+ years of design/analysis/test experience in electrical engineering specializing in power electronics, switch-mode topologies, magnetic design, and feedback controls
• Proven capability to design, build, and test power electronics designs
• Electrical circuit design experience
• Experience with discrete component power supply design
• Circuit modeling and simulation experience
• Schematic capture experience
• Circuit and sub-system test and troubleshooting experience
• US Citizenship
• Active DoD Secret security clearance or ability to obtain one.
• Ability to work onsite in Chandler, AZ

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of design/analysis/test experience in electrical engineering specializing in power electronics, switch-mode topologies, magnetic design, and feedback controls
• Radiation hardening of electronic designs
• Design/test for EMI compatibility
• Cadence Schematic Capture and PCB Editor
• Circuit board design
• Signal integrity analysis
• Worst case circuit analysis
• Electrical stress analysis
• Design verification and test
• Ability to lead and drive troubleshooting to closure, including providing technical solutions to programs
• Collaboration skills across disciplines, including systems engineering, mechanical engineering, thermal/structural analysis, reliability, manufacturing/test, program management

Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.