Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector is seeking an to join a multi-functional team of Electrical, Mechanical, and Systems Engineers in Roy, UT. This position is in our Strategic Deterrent Systems Division to execute the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Sentinel Program.
This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
The primary objective of this role is to collaborate across Systems Engineering, System Test, Global Supply Chain, suppliers, and other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop and review Electrical System hardware requirements, specifications, designs, trade studies, and analyses for the purpose of supporting incremental system maturity milestones and hardware deliveries. The successful candidate will be comfortable with working in a dynamic people-focused environment and collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve organizational goals.
This position is a dual-hatted role that involves both individual contributions as a senior engineer in the Electrical domain (80%), as well as people leadership in a functional management homeroom (20%).
What You’ll Get to Do:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to decompose technical requirements, develop complete and verifiable requirements, and conduct trade studies
- Ensure team members have the required training, tools, and access to perform design engineering responsibilities.
- Develop and review engineering packages for product lifecycle management release.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 8 years of experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of experience.
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
- At least 1 year of proven demonstrated leadership skills, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment
- At least 1 year of experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule in an Electrical Design organization in a lead or managerial role
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in a combination of: Electrical Hardware design, Cable-Harness design, and wire schematic development
- Familiar with Siemens Mentor Graphics Capital cable design tool or equivalent
- Experience with CAD skills with experience developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics
- Experience in a technical leadership position
These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:
- Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics or Systems Engineering
- 1+ years Cost Account Manager and Program Scheduling experience
- Electrical requirement verification experience
- Integration and Test development/execution experience
- Experience with Team Center/CPLM
- Experience with Siemens Mentor Graphics Capital cable design tool or equivalent
- Experience leading TEMPEST or EMI efforts with integrated product teams (IPTs)
- Strong CAD skills with experience developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics
- Experience designing, analyzing, and developing a power budget for an electrical power system of a military / aerospace system
- Experience developing multi discipline system architecture for a military / aerospace system
- Mechanical engineering experience
- Working experience designing, troubleshooting (RCA) and/or implementing ground power systems, facility power systems and/or launch power systems.
- Revit experience.
- Experience with high-power and/or high-frequency systems, including power electronics.
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC design, shielding techniques, and thermal management for electronic systems.
- Authorship and release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
- Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, milestone reviews, and government contracting.
- Experience maintaining and reporting status of program activities
- Electrical Professional Engineering (P.E.) license
Skills Required
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of experience, or a master's degree and 6 years of experience
- Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at application, current and within scope
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program approval
- At least 1 year of demonstrated leadership experience
- At least 1 year leading a project or driving schedule performance in an electrical design organization in a lead or managerial role
- At least 5 years of combined electrical hardware design, cable-harness design, and wire schematic development experience
- Familiarity with Siemens Mentor Graphics Capital cable design tool or equivalent
- CAD experience developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics
- Experience in a technical leadership position
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Systems Engineering
- Cost Account Manager and program scheduling experience
- Electrical requirement verification experience
- Integration and test development or execution experience
- Experience with Teamcenter/CPLM
- Experience leading TEMPEST or EMI efforts with integrated product teams
- Strong CAD skills developing wire diagrams or electrical schematics
- Experience designing, analyzing, and developing power budgets for military or aerospace electrical power systems
- Experience developing multidisciplinary system architecture for military or aerospace systems
- Mechanical engineering experience
- Experience designing, troubleshooting, or implementing ground, facility, or launch power systems
- Revit experience
- Experience with high-power or high-frequency systems, including power electronics
- Knowledge of EMI/EMC design, shielding techniques, and thermal management for electronic systems
- Authorship and release of engineering documentation, including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures
- Familiarity with DoD acquisition processes, milestone reviews, and government contracting
- Experience maintaining and reporting program activity status
- Electrical Professional Engineer license
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