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Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 2 weeks ago

Principal Electrical Engineer III

Northrop Grumman is a leader in aerospace and defense technology, and they are seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer III to join their Chandler, AZ facility. This role involves performing complex design analysis, leading test programs, and mentoring junior engineers while contributing to the development of various launch vehicles.

Defense & Space
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Responsibilities

Based on specific objectives, perform analysis, design, and/or test of complex designs
Perform comprehensive review of internal, external, industry, customer, and range requirements to support system and subsystem designs
Perform detailed analyses to support/verify designs and conduct briefings to management and customers
Lead development, coordination, and execution of test programs required to evaluate the design
Lead troubleshooting efforts and comprehensive failure investigations
Mentor other engineers from a technical standpoint as well as perform senior peer review
Collaborate early and often with other IPTs, engineering disciplines and operations/manufacturing groups
Broad understanding and application of industry and company electrical engineering technical standards
Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines
Prepares and presents electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews
Perform qualification acceptance testing, characterization testing, troubleshooting, and test data review of completed complex system designs
Perform data analysis to identify trends that may indicate out of tolerance or degraded part performance
Perform testing to characterize off-nominal behavior of components
Actively and effectively participates and contributes in a positive manner while supporting team decisions and goals
Makes an extra effort to provide quality internal and external customer service
Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs
Disciplined with escalation when required
Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings
Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs
Participates in trade studies for both internal projects and procured equipment
Act with safety as your number one priority through every aspect of the role
Provides formal peer review of engineering designs or analyses for team members

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringMissile SystemsTest ProceduresData AnalysisRoot Cause AnalysisMATLABPythonMentoringCollaborationProblem Solving

Required

BS in Electrical Engineering and 5 Years' Experience or 3 years Experience with Masters
U.S. Citizenship is required
Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD Secret Security clearance is required

Preferred

Active Secret Security Clearance, or higher
Experience with missile systems and associated standards
Prior experience with the design, test, and/or integration and deployment of electrical components or subsystems
Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures
Burndown of nonconformances and/or root cause failure analysis of electronic systems
Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs
Derives and decomposes requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings
Problem solving not only for technical issues, but also for schedule, cost, resource and other project challenges
Mentoring and cross-training team members across a diverse set of technologies and electrical system architectures used to meet customer requirements
Knowledgeable with the use of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and electronic loads
Experience using analytical software tools, such as MATLAB or Python, to analyze and reduce data to identify key characteristics and trends

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman Australia

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Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.

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