Engineer Electromechanical Level 3/4

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives around the world today and for generations to come, driven by a pioneering spirit that has produced advancements from the first trans‑Atlantic flight to stealth bombers and moon landings. This Electromechanical Engineer Level 3/4 position supports the growing business at the Rocket Center, West Virginia site (on‑site only; no remote work). Rocket Center lies along the North Branch Potomac River in Mineral County, WV and hosts the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory (ABL). The area offers scenic mountain landscapes, rolling hills, state parks, and outdoor recreation such as hiking, mountain biking, skiing, fishing, hunting, and whitewater rafting, and is within a couple hours of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Pittsburgh. Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance required for start: No; clearance type: Secret. Travel: Yes, approximately 10% of the time. U.S. citizenship is required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Participate on Integrated Product Teams for complex production programs.
• Work with manufacturing operations to support the build of electronic products.
• Test and debug circuit designs.
• Maintain product technical data package.
• Lead resolution of technical challenges.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to organize/prioritize job assignments and tasks.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively within a development team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field
• 5+ years of professional experience in related industry (3 years with MS or 1 year with PhD) – Level 3
• 8+ years of professional experience in related industry (6 years with MS or 4 years with PhD) – Level 4
• Experience and background in developing digital electronic subsystems
• Experience in circuit card design from high level specifications
• Knowledge of RF and digital signal processing including signal conditioning, sampling, and algorithms
• US Citizenship required, with the ability to obtain and maintain a US Security Clearance
• MS Degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering (preferred)
• Experience with RF and digital signal processing design and implementation (preferred)
• Experience with Altium (preferred)
• Experience developing digital electronic modules, circuit boards, ASICs and/or FPGAs for aerospace/military applications (preferred)
• Experience with DoD architectures (e.g., SOSA, OMS) and Industry/Military Standards (e.g., MIL‑STD‑810, MIL‑STD‑704) (preferred)
• ACTIVE US Security Clearance at Secret level or higher (preferred)

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Overtime eligibility
• Shift differential eligibility
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses (reward individual contributions and share in company results)