This career opportunity is a great fit for self-motivated, proactive individuals who want to assume ownership of the performance and delivery of Northrop Grumman's diverse suite of digital, and power hardware. Our engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves “hands on” technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations. If you thrive on solving problems and want different challenges each day, please read on!
We are seeking power and digital knowledgeable individuals who are passionate about monitoring and supporting product technical performance and maintaining product delivery schedules. The Digital & Power Engineer will support the development, integration, and testing of production hardware. Activities will range from hands-on testing and troubleshooting; to analysis of failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions; and attending program meetings to report yields, problems, and corrective actions.
What You'll Get to Do:
Design, develop, and implement testing methods and equipment
Troubleshoot and support digital and power hardware
Support First Time Through Test Yield (FTTTY) and hardware deliveries
Analyze test data and identify early trends
Compile data and define changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements
Collaborate with design engineering to develop and implement hardware improvements and solutions
Support technicians through troubleshooting and training
Monitor product yields and aggressively work to maintain program yield targets
Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions
Attend program meetings to report yield issues, yield detractor investigation finding, and corrective actions
Interface with manufacturing management, test technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams
The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of digital theory and power concepts, and a working knowledge of circuit design. They will have analytical skills to review requirements, test plans, and test scenarios; and the ability to effectively communicate across teams. They should be self-directed, organized, team oriented and have previous experience with MS Office tools.
This position will be filled at either Level 2 or Level 3.
Basic Qualifications Level 2:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field 2+ years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field.
Hands on experience with high power test equipment including power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, power meter, signal generator.
Experience reading and interpreting specifications, schematics and block diagrams.
Experience with power diodes, transistors, capacitors, and electrical circuitry.
Ability to Obtain/maintain Secret level clearance.
U.S. citizenship
Basic Qualifications Level 3:
Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field 5+ years of relevant experience; or 3+ years and master’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field.
Hands on experience with high power test equipment including power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscope, power meter, signal generator.
Experience reading and interpreting specifications, schematics and block diagrams.
Experience with power diodes, transistors, capacitors, and electrical circuitry.
Ability to obtain/maintain Secret level clearance.
U.S. citizenship
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience automated test equipment including Teradyne Spectrum systems.
Advanced degree in Engineering (Power specific) or related STEM discipline
Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance
Experience with troubleshooting complicated circuitry at the system or component level
Experience with Lab Windows CVI, C / C++ programming
Proficiency with digital, analog, power, RF test equipment, RF theory and high-speed digital.
Familiarity with differential digital interfaces like LVDS
PXI/PXIe and VME bus experience
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field with 2+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree for Level 2.
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related STEM field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or 3+ years with a master’s degree for Level 3.
- Hands-on experience with high-power test equipment, including power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, power meters, and signal generators.
- Experience reading and interpreting specifications, schematics, and block diagrams.
- Experience with power diodes, transistors, capacitors, and electrical circuitry.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- U.S. citizenship.
- Experience with automated test equipment, including Teradyne Spectrum systems.
- Advanced degree in power-specific engineering or a related STEM discipline.
- Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance.
- Experience troubleshooting complicated circuitry at the system or component level.
- Experience with LabWindows CVI and C/C++ programming.
- Proficiency with digital, analog, power, and RF test equipment, RF theory, and high-speed digital systems.
- Familiarity with differential digital interfaces such as LVDS.
- Experience with PXI/PXIe and VME buses.
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