Sr Principal Electrical Power System Design Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Electrical

Senior Principal Electrical Power System Design Engineer for aircraft subsystems, focusing on electrical design, analysis, requirements, testing, and troubleshooting. Responsibilities include developing electrical wiring designs, supporting power generation/distribution systems, and performing system-level evaluations.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop electrical wiring designs of a functional system including the selection of aircraft-type conductors and electro-mechanical components such as connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, terminal junction systems, etc. in accordance with SAE AS 50881 and proven commercial practices.
  2. Support design requirements for electrical power generation, conversion and distribution systems, and circuit protective requirements for aerospace vehicle systems including Electrical Loads Analysis, test procedures, power architecture, reports, analyses, and other vehicle power related deliverables. Familiarization with MIL-STD-704 required.
  3. Responsible for all aspects of system/component design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test & verification, and troubleshooting.
  4. May participate on a subcontractor management team and will act as the technical point of contact with suppliers for hardware development, qualification, and procurement.
  5. System level test planning, execution support, verification, data processing, and troubleshooting.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of relevant engineering experience; OR Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of relevant experience
  • Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems.
  • Active In-Scope DoD Secret clearance.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Active In-Scope DoD Top Secret clearance.

Nice to have

  • Active DoD Top Secret clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
  • Experience with military aircraft subsystem development, with requirements definition, specification development, component analysis, procurement, source selection, integration and test and verification for advance aircraft.
  • Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures.

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • Secret clearance
  • Top Secret clearance
  • Top Secret clearance