Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is currently seeking a Senior Principal Engineer - Subsystems Electrical Design to join our team of diverse, qualified individuals. This position is located in Palmdale, CA, Oklahoma City, OK, Whiteman AFB, San Diego, CA
The Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Subsystems & Integration may be involved in multiple aspects of aircraft subsystem development including electrical design, analysis, requirements, and issue troubleshooting. Aircraft subsystems include System Architecture, Cable Design, and Electrical Power Generation & Distribution.
Responsibilities Include:
Develop electrical wiring designs of a functional system including the selection of aircraft-type conductors and electro-mechanical components such as connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, terminal junction systems.
Support design requirements for electrical power generation, conversion and distribution systems, and circuit protective requirements for aerospace vehicle systems including Electrical Loads Analysis, test procedures, power architectures, reports, analyses, and other vehicle power related deliverables.
Responsible for all aspects of system/component design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test & verification, and troubleshooting.
May participate on a subcontractor management team and will act as the technical point of contact with suppliers for hardware development, qualification, and procurement
System level test planning, execution support, verification, data processing, and troubleshooting
System level evaluations to verify requirements and ensure airworthiness criteria are met
Basic Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications for a Sr Principal Engineer include a Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an MS degree in STEM with 6 years of related experience OR a PhD in STEM and 4 years of related experience
Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S Government secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
Preferred Qualifications:
Active U.S Government Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Experience with military aircraft subsystem development, with requirements definition, specification development, component analysis, procurement, source selection, integration and test and verification for advance aircraft
Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8+ years experience OR Master's in STEM with 6+ years OR PhD in STEM with 4+ years
- Experience in electrical design of air vehicle/aircraft systems (wiring, cable, power systems)
- Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance; U.S. citizenship required
- Active U.S. Government Secret (or higher) clearance (background within past 6 years or Continuous Evaluation)
- Experience with military aircraft subsystem development including requirements definition, procurement, integration, test and verification
- Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures
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