Principal Engineer Electronics

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you'll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an opening for the next Principal Engineer Electronics to join the Electronics and Payloads team. This position is based in Manhattan Beach, CA.The responsibilities of this position include:

Detailed understanding of how to properly document test cases and create effective and focused testing plans

Work closely with departments within the company to ensure hardware is available for projects and working properly

Provide detailed specifications for proposed solutions including time and scope involved

Define clear goals for all aspects of a product test and develop steps for their proper execution

Design and develop sophisticated test solutions for in-house developed space and avionics hardware products which will fly to space

Write test software in Labview on to interact with units under test, test equipment, instrumentation, and production documentation systems

Select COTS hardware and/or design custom PCBAs to measure signals, apply flight-like loads, and power units under test

Work closely with responsible design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and test lab teams to drive design or infrastructure improvements to increase product reliability and yield

Root-cause test failures down to the component level

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Bachelor's degree in a STEM related field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) with 5+ years of engineering experience; or a STEM Master's degree with 3+ years of engineering experience; or a STEM PhD. degree

Experience in software and hardware development and testing

Professional work experience in analyzing and testing computer hardware and software

Experience with test equipment and measurement techniques to verify and validate product requirements

Experience analyzing circuits and developing functional test plans

Experience developing software

Preferred Qualifications:

Project development and leadership skills are essential in planning and overseeing project tests

Ability to work with various departments to facilitate the orderly execution of a proposed project plan

Advanced knowledge of testing methodologies and when certain strategies are recommended

Experience designing and troubleshooting PCBAs

Understanding of metrology, sources of measurement error, and uncertainty analysis

Experience developing software preferably in LabVIEW

Understanding and experience in environmental testing

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