Principal/ Sr. Principal Engineering Design

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Rolling Meadows, IL +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Design Engineer with experience in PCB layout, fabrication, and manufacturing, utilizing tools like Cadence Allegro. The role involves creating engineering drawings, calculating layer stack-ups, and ensuring designs meet industry and military specifications. Requires a STEM degree and a security clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Layout of PWBs/PCBs, flex circuits, interconnect routing, and drawing generation
  2. Calculates layer stack-up based on industry standards, supplier capabilities, and engineering requirements
  3. Creates and documents the required electronic data file outputs for fabrication and manufacturing
  4. Responsible to interface with electrical and mechanical engineers to work through component placement, routing, mechanical fitment for rigid, flex, and rigid-flex assemblies
  5. Understands technical theories of electrical and mechanical behavior of PWBs/PCBs to influence layout decisions (i.e. impedance matching, differential pairs, strains and stresses, orientation of components, etc.)

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in STEM field with 5+ years of directly related professional working experience or Master's degree in STEM field with 3+ years of directly related professional working experience or 9 years of directly related professional working experience in lieu of degree.
  • Drafting and design experience in PCB design for fabrication and PWB layer stack up for digital, RF, mixed signal, and power supply CCAs
  • Experience with Cadence Allegro or similar CAD tool
  • Knowledge of industry specifications and design for manufacturing (DFM) rules for CCA and PWB design, fabrication and manufacturing
  • Must be able to read drawings and schematic diagrams
  • US Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a Secret security clearance with additional customer specified clearance prior to start.

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in STEM field
  • Experience in PCB fabrication, testing, and quality
  • Good self-organiza

What the JD emphasized

  • SAP
  • US Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a minimum of a Secret security clearance with additional customer specified clearance prior to start.