Staff Test Design Hardware Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Waynesboro, VA +1 · Material/Process

Staff Test Design Hardware Engineer role at Northrop Grumman, focusing on designing and testing hardware solutions including consoles, interface panels, power/cooling monitors, RF designs, and electronic circuits. Requires a Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience and the ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance. Experience with integrated hardware design, panel/cable/schematic design, and lab test equipment is essential. Experience with Automated Test Equipment (ATE) design is a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design creative and flexible HW solutions with a motivated team of experts
  2. HW Design Examples:
  3. Console Design
  4. Interface Panel Layouts and Interconnections
  5. Power/Cooling Monitor and Control
  6. RF Design
  7. Electronic Circuit Design
  8. SW/HW integration
  9. Requirements verification
  10. Actively support the investigation, resolution and documentation of product anomalies
  11. Understanding Design to Cost, Scope and Schedule

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 12 years of experience, master's degree with 10 years of experience or Ph.D. with 8 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • U.S Citizenship
  • Ability to obtain/maintain an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
  • Experience in hardware design
  • Experience with integrated (analog, power, digital) hardware Design
  • Experience in panel design, cable design, and schematic layouts
  • Experience with lab test equipment (such as Network Analyzers, DMM and O-Scopes)
  • Effective verbal and written communication

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline
  • Automated Test Equipment (ATE) design and integration background
  • Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance
  • Experience with LabWindows CVI, C / C++ programming
  • TestStand programming
  • Proficiency with digital, analog, RF test equipment, RF theory and high-speed digital design
  • Familiarity with differential digital interfaces like LVDS - PXI/PXIe and VME bus experience
  • Experience with schematic design tools (e.g., Mentor Graphics, Zuken, Capital, etc.)
  • Experience with hands-on troubleshooting with electrical hardware and software automation
  • PCB Layout
  • Technical Lead experience
  • Active Secret or higher clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Government Secret Clearance
  • Secret Clearance
  • Special Program Access
  • hardware design
  • integrated (analog, power, digital) hardware Design
  • panel design, cable design, and schematic layouts
  • lab test equipment (such as Network Analyzers, DMM and O-Scopes)
  • Automated Test Equipment (ATE) design and integration background