Staff Motor Drive Engineer

Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required for start. Travel required: 10% of the time.

About the role

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. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work. This position is full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL location.

Responsibilities

• Design solutions for electromechanical servo systems, including motor selection, PWM and linear motor drive hardware design, controls design, testing, and subsystem integration
• Work in a small functional team to support programs across multiple business units

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or closely related field, and 12+ years of relevant experience (10 years with a Master of Science degree, 8 years with a PhD or Science degree)
• Experience with selection and control of 3-phase brushless DC motors
• Experience with power electronics design
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, and circuit simulation tools (e.g. SPICE, Saber)
• Ability to function in a multi-disciplinary team-oriented environment and rapidly adapt to changing work priorities
• US Citizenship
• Ability to obtain a minimum of a Secret Clearance prior to starting

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the selection of motors, motor drives, and digital controllers based on cost constraints and technical performance requirements
• Experience with high precision multi-axis servo applications using inertial stabilization
• Experience with power electronics design using GaN FETs
• Troubleshooting, integration, and test experience
• Understanding of EMI/EMC requirements
• Experience with digital communication interfaces
• Understanding of digital control theory
• Understanding of how motor drive performance impacts system level requirements
• Experience with C code development for Texas Instruments C2000 microcontrollers using the TI Code Composer Studio IDE, or other embedded software/firmware development experience
• Experience conducting structured trade studies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

Pay

Primary level salary range: $169,000.00 - $253,600.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business