Principal Engineer Circuit Design
Posted on: 12 Apr 2021
Redondo Beach, CA
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.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Circuit Design Engineer (Power and Control) to join the Electronics and Payloads team of creative and diverse engineers. The position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.
Responsibilities range from designing, analyzing, and testing high-reliability DC to DC switch mode power converters and drive electronics for space and airborne platforms. The ideal candidate will be working through all phases of the development process ranging from bid proposals to product qualification and delivery.
Essential Functions:
* Develop power and control electronics architectures and generate requirement
* Conduct circuit design, analysis, and simulations
* Perform Hardware testing and validation
* Provide manufacturing test support on deliverable hardware
Qualification
Basic Qualifications:
* Bachelor 39;s of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) field from an accredited institution and 5 years of engineering experience in an aerospace environment; or a STEM Master 39;s degree and 3 years of engineering experience; or a STEM PhD. degree
* Experience in designing and testing analog and power circuits
* Ability to obtain and maintain an SSBI/SCI security clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
* Master rsquo;s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Control Systems or Communications and 3 years of engineering experience in an aerospace environment
* Knowledge of control systems and feedback theory
* Active In-Scope DoD Top Secret or SSBI/SCI clearance
* Experience with planar magnetics, hi-density mechanical packaging, and thermal control techniques for aerospace environments
* Proficiency with PSpice and MathCAD
* Experience with requirements development, system integration, and flight/production test activities
* Experience with mixed signal and control electronics designs
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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