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Northrop Grumman · 2 months ago

Speciality Test Equipment Engineer (level 2 or 3) - R10212443

Plymouth, MN

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$78K/yr - $116K/yr

2+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to support their Armament Systems site in Plymouth, MN. The role involves ensuring product quality through the creation and maintenance of test equipment for military/aerospace products, collaborating with various engineering teams, and developing cost-effective testing methods.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring product quality by creating early development and production test equipment for military/aerospace products. Includes designing, programming, debugging, and deploying into production Special Test Equipment (STE) that validates and acceptance tests product to device specifications

Maintain and update test equipment that supports functional acceptance test at board, module, and final assembly level

Be able to sufficiently understand the functionality of products tested to recommend changes to the test process, increase coverage or reduce test time

Design, develop, and implement cost-effective methods of testing for Design Verification

Understand costumer requirement documentation and translate to test cases for DVT and production test

Co-lead design reviews and design for testability. Work with program team to create end to end product test strategy

Design test fixtures, instrument racks and test equipment. Assist on fabrication and ordering of parts. Manage suppliers

Collaborate with product Systems, Design, Software and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure that innovative new product designs can be manufactured and tested cost effectively with high quality

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringAutomated Test Equipment (ATE)National Instruments LabVIEWDigitalAnalog ElectronicsTestStand programmingCommunication protocolsPneumatic SystemsPXIGPIB instrumentsC++ programmingOOPSolid communication skillsProblem-solving skillsTeamworkSelf-motivationLeadership

Required

Bachelor of science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or similar discipline oriented to electronic hardware / instrumentation plus 2 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 0 experience

Demonstrated experience building and maintaining automated test equipment (ATE)

1 year experience programming National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand test software (C++ and OOP is a plus)

Must be US citizen

Ability to obtain Government Secret clearance after hiring

Digital and Analog Electronics knowledge and proven experience

Knowledge in Electrical and Functional Testers with: Interfaces, Pneumatic Systems, Communication protocols, PXI and GPIB instruments test platforms (Vision Systems is a plus)

Work on site with flexible work arrangements. Able to travel 10% of time (domestic)

Solid communications skills and ability to clearly establish verbal communication with remote audience

Ability to manage multiple and concurrent tasks while maintaining a sense of urgency

Excellent problem-solving skills, teamwork, self-motivation, leadership

Bachelor of science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or similar discipline oriented to electronic hardware / instrumentation plus 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 3 years' experience

3+ years' experience building and maintaining automated test equipment (ATE)

2 years' experience programming National Instruments LabVIEW and TestStand test software (C++ and OOP is a plus)