Northrop Grumman Australia · 11 hours ago
Principal Specialty Test Equipment Engineer
United States-Minnesota-Plymouth
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $185K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to support their Armament Systems site in Plymouth, MN. The role involves ensuring product quality by creating and maintaining test equipment for military/aerospace products, while collaborating with various engineering teams to develop innovative testing strategies.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
Required
Bachelor of science degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or similar discipline oriented to electronic hardware / instrumentation plus 8 years of relevant experience
Or Master's degree plus 6 years of experience
Or PhD plus 4 yrs of 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)
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
Preferred
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PWB layout and circuitry design experience
Knowledge of Statistical Process Control tools and Gage R&R Analysis
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
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.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase