Engineer Electrical Level 3 - Command & Data Handling - Dulles

About the role

The Command and Data Handling (CDH) Subsystem team within Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a motivated early-to-mid career engineer.

Responsibilities

• Performs requirement analysis and decomposition of customer requirements into hardware and software specifications and establish subsystem or system-level electrical verification method and plans.
• Performs analyses to evaluate all levels of the system to ensure a cohesive electrical-system solution throughout the development lifecycle (concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal).
• Manages the internal & external flight-vehicle electrical interfaces and develops the corresponding subsystem or system-level interconnect/block diagrams, grounding diagrams, and support electrical schematics and global connectivity list development for the flight vehicle on programs as needed.
• Performs electrical interface compatibility verifications and verify electrical connectivity implementation (e.g. verify electrical harness implementation, safety-critical circuit segregation, support peer-reviews).
• Oversees the technical planning, design integration, product integration, verification, and validation efforts for the CDH electrical-system elements throughout the development lifecycle.
• Influences the electrical-system design to facilitate electrical testing at the component, subsystem, and flight-vehicle levels, with the aim to enable automated testing where applicable.
• Provides technical coordination of vendors and suppliers. Review suppliers “as-planned”, “as-designed”, and “as-built” documentation (e.g. interface control document, derating analysis, worst case analysis, qualification test plan and procedure, acceptance test plan and procedure, test report).
• Manage hardware command and telemetry implementation (e.g. develop and coordinate calibration and conversion curves for analog telemetry in coordination subsystem engineers, verify electrical/software implementation).
• Identify Electrical Systems and C&DH risks, develop risk mitigation plans for selected risks, and implement mitigations.
• Contribute to assembly integration and test activities (e.g. electrical test requirements development, anomaly investigations/resolutions).
• Interface with design and manufacturing groups to monitor component production process/progress to include Integration & Test (I&T) and relaying that status to management along with potential solutions to stay on target.
• Provide technical oversight to ensure the C&DH electrical system is compliant and verifiable at the avionics digital and analog telemetry level.
• Candidate must be comfortable with managing program execution from a Technical perspective, meeting deadlines, working on multiple projects concurrently, and working with various engineering disciplines and internal/external customers as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a STEM area (preferably Electrical Engineering) and 5 years of relevant work experience, 3 years of relevant work experience with a Master’s degree, or a PhD.
• Technical experience in Electrical Systems or C&DH subsystem Engineering.
• Experience with flight hardware development, including Material Review Boards (MRB), Parts, Materials & Processes (PM&P), procurement, assembly documentation, and End Item Data Packages (EIDP).
• Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI security clearance.
• Hands-on mentality and a passion for fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams of engineers managing resources and schedules.
• Experience with requirements tracking tool such as DOORS or CAMEO.
• Digital design experience.
• Experience developing FPGAs.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience with creating and tracking schedules using project tracking tools such as Microsoft project.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and creating variance reports.

Skills

• Experience with requirements tracking tool such as DOORS or CAMEO.
• Digital design experience.
• Experience developing FPGAs.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience with creating and tracking schedules using project tracking tools such as Microsoft project.
• Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) and creating variance reports.

Benefits

This position follows a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off. Some night/weekend shift work, as well as periodic domestic and international travel, is required.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

Schedule

This position follows a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off. Some night/weekend shift work, as well as periodic domestic and international travel, is required.