Staff Engineer Electronics
Posted on: 6 Feb 2021
Baltimore, MD
Job Description
Description
Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you rsquo;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.
We have an opening for an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in the Space Systems organization. This position will be located in Baltimore, MD.
This requisition is for a Test Set Design Engineer, which is responsible for the design and fabrication of the Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) suite of test sets. The EGSE test sets are used to checkout, integrate, and operate Flight hardware during ground test. These test sets provide power, control, telemetry, safety interlocking and cooling. The candidate will be part of a small EGSE Design Team supporting a number of programs.
Responsibilities include panel amp; cable design, electrical interconnects amp; schematics, developing acceptance criteria amp; certification procedures, and hardware checkout/troubleshooting. Root cause determination, problem resolution and documentation is expected. In this role, the candidate will interface with subsystem test engineers, test operators, technicians, systems administrators, security team, and vendors in order to provide support for various test set tasks as required. Position focuses on the full design cycle of EGSE, from conception through design to fabrication and integration/test. Position may require some travel.
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor 39;s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) amp; 14 years of relevant experience (or 12 years with Master of Science Degree OR 9 years with PhD)
* Active TS or SCI clearance
* Minimum of 10 years experience in hardware design
Preferred Qualifications:
* Active TS or SCI clearance
* Minimum of 10 years experience in hardware design
* Proficient with integrated (analog, power, digital) hardware Design
* Proficient in panel design, cable design, and schematic layouts
* Proficient with lab test equipment such as DMMs and O-Scopes
* Ability to work effectively in a team environment
* Technical Leadership experience
* Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
* Ability to work independently with minimal Management Oversight
* Proficient with electrical design tools (e.g., Zuken, AutoCAD, PSpice)
* Proficient with hands-on troubleshooting with electrical hardware
Northrop Grumman
Falls Church, VA
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a security company, provides products in the areas of autonomous systems, cyber, space, strikes, and logistics and modernizations in the United States, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Aerospace Systems, Innovation Systems, Mission Systems, and Technology Services. The Aerospace Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces manned aircrafts, autonomous systems, spacecraft systems, high-energy laser systems, microelectronics, and other systems and sub-systems for use in the areas of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, strike operations, communications, earth observations, and space science.
The Innovation Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces flights, armaments, and space systems. It offers launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems, and ammunitions; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures. The Mission Systems segment offers products and services that include C4ISR systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR), and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; cyber solutions; space systems; intelligence processing systems; air and missile defense integration systems; navigation systems; and shipboard missiles and encapsulated payload launch systems.
The Technology Services segment provides logistic solutions that supports the full life cycle of platforms and systems. Its products and services include software and system sustainment; modernization of platform and associated subsystems; advanced training solutions; and integrated logistics support. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
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IndustryAerospace and Defense
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No. of Employees85,000
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