Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer IV

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking a Lead Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer (Strike) in our Chandler AZ facility.

The Strike team has opportunities for a motivated electrical engineer to join our growing team. Strike is an ongoing product offering exciting opportunities and unique problem-solving challenges.

Team members work in multi discipline integrated product teams (IPTs) on a variety of electrical subsystems and components.

The Chandler group performs cradle-to-grave engineering on most of their launch vehicles. They are working on approximately 15 separate vehicles at any given time, among them are Strike, GPI, Antares, Minotaur, Pegasus, GMD, Sentinel, and many more.

Their products serve a variety of purposes including ISS (International Space Station) cargo resupply, deploying defense satellites, developing missile interceptor technology, and providing much needed target vehicles to better hone our military capability.

This means you can be part of the design, operations planning, ground support development, analysis, testing, integration, launch operations and more. There is plenty to do and learn that will reinforce your existing skillsets. Our department has a good variety of sub-groups to choose from where you can roll up your sleeves to become an industry expert or opt to pursue a more well-rounded approach while learning a little about everything.

• →Broad understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards.
• →Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
• →Prepares and presents electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
• →Studies basic design concepts and criteria for more complex problems.
• →Perform qualification testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test data review of completed designs.
• →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.
• →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.
• →Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs.
• →Disciplined with escalation when required.
• →Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
• →Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs.
• →Participates in trade studies for both internal projects and procured equipment.
• →Act with safety as your number one priority through every aspect of the role.
• →Provides formal peer review of engineering designs or analyses for team members.

• BS in engineering and 8 Years' Experience or 6 Years Experience and Masters
• Electrical engineering preferred.
• U.S. Citizenship is required
• A US Government
• Secret Security clearance is required

• Active Secret Security Clearance, or higher
• Experience working in a multi-discipline Integrated Product Team (IPT) structure
• Previous experience with DOD missile defense programs
• Experience with missile systems and associated standards
• Prior experience with the design, test, and/or integration and deployment of electrical components or subsystems
• Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
• Burndown of nonconformances 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.
• Knowledgeable with the use of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and electronic loads.
• Experience using analytical software tools, such as MATLAB or Python, to analyze and reduce data to identify key characteristics and trends.