Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an Staff Electrical Engineer Infrastructure Lead with the background, vision, and people skills to serve as a senior technical leader in the Launch Systems (LS ) Infrastructure (INF) .This position will be located in Roy, UT and will support the Sentinel program.
What You’ll Get To Do:
The Electrical Lead Engineer reports to the Director of Infrastructure and is responsible for ensuring robust, timely, and well-coordinated technical products within the Infrastructure scope of work; identifying, actioning, and measuring technical process improvements and optimization; and working with other technical leaders across the Sentinel program to represent Infrastructure work products and dependencies.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Technical Excellence:
- Review INF work products via peer reviews, Design Reviews, and various board meetings to ensure adherence to the Sentinel technical baseline and associated requirements and processes.
- Balancing stringent quality standards for technical artifacts (e.g. Technical Data Packages, Product Data Packages) with the rapid pace of procurement, fabrication, and construction of test assets and early prototypes.
- Presenting sufficient information to Program Management to make informed decisions between conflicting technical approaches based upon program and IPT-level cost, schedule, and technical impacts and risk.
- In coordination with the Office of the Chief Engineer, championing process improvements that allow the systems engineering, design engineering, and analysis teams to define and board high quality products in a cost and time efficient manner.
Cross-Element Coordination:
- Working closely with technical leadership and contributors across the program to identify impacts on INF work scope resulting from external changes or impacts on external stakeholders resulting from INF artifacts.
- Developing joint solutions to cross-segment or cross-element technical challenges, balancing impacts, risks, and opportunities to identify the best overall options for the Sentinel program.
Communication:
- Decomposing direction from INF leadership and Office of the Chief Engineer to technical teams performing work and ensuring understanding and adherence to that direction.
- Negotiating competing priorities and interests across a wide range of internal and external stakeholder communities to pursue the best course of action for the Sentinel program.
- Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a wide range of distinct internal organizations, customer communities, subcontractors, and industry partners.
- Providing regular briefings, reports, and other communications to executive leadership
- May be required to travel up to 25% of the time.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) with 12 years of experience; or Master's degree with 10 years of experience; or PhD with 8 years of experience
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
- Must have the 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 4 year of experience leading Electrical design efforts on MILCON, major infrastructure/building projects, or Aerospace and Defense programs.
- Relevant experience must include experience with electrical and power systems design, knowledge of cable design and qualification processes, controls systems and engine/generator sets.
- Experience in power system studies including load flow, short circuit, arc flash, and relay coordination
- Knowledge of industry codes and standards, including the National Electric Code (NEC), National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), International Building Code (IBC) and Unified • Facilities Criteria.
- Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in STEM preferably an Engineering degree
- Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an active Special Access Program (SAP)
- Familiarity with TEMPEST and EMI requirements and design implementations
- Experience with ETAP Electrical Power and EasyPower System Analysis software
- Experience in NX for cable assembly routing or general mechanical design
- Proven performance as an Engineering Leader in all phases of acquisition, design, integration, and execution.
- Strong understanding and broad application of engineering systems (engineering standards, configuration management, material review board, process control, tooling, facilities, software, etc.)
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
- Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, 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 positions 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
Primary Level Salary Range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 12 years of experience, or master’s degree with 10 years, or PhD with 8 years
- Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at application, current and within scope
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Government DoD Top Secret security clearance
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval
- At least 4 years leading electrical design efforts on MILCON, major infrastructure or building projects, or aerospace and defense programs
- Experience with electrical and power systems design
- Knowledge of cable design and qualification processes
- Experience with control systems and engine/generator sets
- Experience with power system studies, including load flow, short circuit, arc flash, and relay coordination
- Knowledge of NEC, NESC, IBC, and Unified Facilities Criteria
- Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time
- Master’s degree in STEM, preferably engineering
- Active DoD Top Secret clearance and active Special Access Program (SAP)
- Familiarity with TEMPEST and EMI requirements and design implementations
- Experience with ETAP Electrical Power and EasyPower System Analysis software
- Experience with NX for cable assembly routing or general mechanical design
- Engineering leadership experience across acquisition, design, integration, and execution
- Strong understanding of engineering standards, configuration management, material review boards, process control, tooling, facilities, and software
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including high-value customer presentations
- Ability to make sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
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