Principal OR Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer - Vehicle Subsystems & Integration

Take on a principal level role with a leader in defense technology, focusing on the electrical design, analysis, requirements, and troubleshooting of aircraft subsystems. This position supports vehicle integration efforts onsite in Palmdale, CA, with potential postings in Oklahoma City or Whiteman AFB, MO, and involves about 10 percent travel to keep complex systems aligned across sites.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical wiring for functional aircraft subsystems, selecting appropriate conductors and electro-mechanical parts such as connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, and terminal junctions.
• Assist in defining requirements for power generation, conversion, and distribution, along with circuit protection for aerospace vehicle systems, covering Electrical Loads Analysis, test procedures, power architectures, reports, analyses, and related deliverables.
• Own all facets of system and component design and development, including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test and verification, and troubleshooting.
• Join a subcontractor management team and serve as the technical liaison with suppliers for hardware development, qualification, and procurement.
• Lead system-level test planning, support test execution and verification, process data, and troubleshoot.
• Conduct system-level evaluations to verify requirements and ensure airworthiness criteria are met.

Requirements

• Education and experience combinations include: Bachelor’s in a related STEM field with 5+ years in electrical engineering; or Master’s in a related STEM field with 3+ years; or PhD in a related STEM field with 1+ year.
• Alternate combinations include: Bachelor’s in a related STEM field with 8+ years; Master’s with 6+ years; or PhD with 4+ years, all within electrical engineering.
• Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems.
• Current, active US Government Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP) within a timeframe determined by the company.

Benefits

• Overtime
• Shift differential
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available

Clearance Required for Start

Yes

Clearance Type

Secret

Travel

Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to