Principal or Sr Principal Engineer Electrical

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · San Diego, CA +1 · Electrical

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer to support the Vehicle Management Subsystem's Hardware Avionics team for the MQ-4 Triton Program. The role involves integrating flight computer hardware, conducting investigations and testing, troubleshooting production and field issues, and supporting proposal development and technical planning. The position requires a STEM degree with relevant experience and the ability to obtain a Secret clearance. Experience with computer hardware, embedded operating systems, and standard office/engineering software is necessary.

What you'd actually do

  1. Integrate flight computer hardware, accounting for capabilities/limitations, defining interfaces, and incorporating required redundancy.
  2. Conduct investigations, system testing, and flight testing in lab environments.
  3. Provide remote and on-site troubleshooting for Production and Field issues.
  4. Support proposal development, technical planning, verification & validation, cost & risk analysis, and trade studies.
  5. Ensure the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total system solutions that balance technical, schedule, and cost constraints.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM)
  • Experience with computer hardware and embedded operating systems
  • Experience with the following SW Tools: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio), Matlab
  • Ability to obtain a DOD Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Electrical or Computer Engineering degree
  • Active DoD Secret security clearance or higher
  • Comprehensive knowledge of computer hardware and embedded operating systems
  • Experience with system redundancy and associated safety analysis
  • Familiarity with databuses and related protocols, such as MIL-STD-1553, RS-485, ARINC-429
  • Experience performing system-level design/troubleshooting
  • Experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, signal generators, signal analyzers, multimeters)
  • Flight Test experience
  • Supplier management
  • Requirements development
  • Requirements verification testing

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • DOD Secret clearance
  • Active DoD secret security clearance or higher