Systems Engineer: Electrical - Level 1 or 2 (AHT)

Relocation assistance may be available. U.S. Government Secret security clearance required (U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite). Travel required: 10% of the time.

About the role

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Systems Engineer – Level 1 or Level 2 with a focus on Electrical Systems, located in Chandler, Arizona. This position is 100% on-site. The Electrical Systems Engineer serves as a primary bridge between Systems Engineering and Electrical Design, helping define electrical architecture, communication flow and timing, and ensuring detailed electrical requirements and interfaces reflect system objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and refinement of the system electrical architecture, including power distribution, communication buses, and key interfaces.
• Define and document electrical interfaces between subsystems, ensuring compatibility and compliance with system-level requirements.
• Participate in trade studies related to electrical architecture, component selection, and interface strategies.
• Analyze and define communication flows across electrical and data buses (e.g., serial links, avionics networks), including bandwidth, latency, and timing margins.
• Coordinate with subsystem owners to ensure communication timing and data exchange align with system performance and mission needs.
• Identify and mitigate timing, loading, or signal-integrity risks through analysis and coordination with design teams.
• Translate system-level requirements into clear, testable electrical and interface requirements for subsystems and components.
• Ensure bidirectional traceability between system requirements, electrical requirements, and verification artifacts.
• Conduct thorough reviews of requirements and interface control documents (ICDs) to identify gaps, inconsistencies, or ambiguities and propose corrective actions.
• Facilitate communication between Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Avionics, Software, and Integration & Test teams during requirement definition, design, and integration phases.
• Support and, when appropriate, lead technical interchange meetings, design reviews, and change-control sessions related to electrical architecture and interfaces.
• Provide electrical systems-focused input to risk, issue, and configuration-management processes.
• Work with test engineers to confirm electrical implementations satisfy mapped system and subsystem requirements.
• Contribute to the development of electrical verification plans, test procedures, and acceptance criteria.
• Support integration and test activities (e.g., HW bring-up, interface checkout, end-to-end functional tests) by providing requirements and architecture context.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications for Level 1

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field with 0 years of professional experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite).
• Demonstrated professional or academic experience with electrical systems engineering, including requirements development and/or architecture/ICD definition.
• Ability to read, interpret, and author system-level and lower-level electrical requirements and interface documents.

Basic Qualifications for Level 2

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related STEM field with 2 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite).
• Demonstrated professional or academic experience with electrical systems engineering, including requirements development and/or architecture/ICD definition.
• Ability to read, interpret, and author system-level and lower-level electrical requirements and interface documents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency with requirement-management tools (e.g., IBM DOORS or equivalent).
• Experience with spacecraft, launch vehicle, missile, or other complex aerospace electrical/avionics systems.
• Familiarity with common electrical and data bus standards (e.g., LVDS, RS-422/485, MIL-STD-1553, SpaceWire, CAN, Ethernet, or similar).
• Experience defining and managing electrical interfaces and ICDs across multiple subsystems.
• Experience with Systems Engineering fundamentals such as requirements management, verification, and design review execution.
• Experience leading within an IPT organization as a lead or a subject matter expert (SME).

Pay

Salary range:

• Level 1: $65,800 to $98,800
• Level 2: $79,300 to $118,900

The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, 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.

Benefits

Northrop Grumman offers a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package, including:

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions and allow employees to share in company results
• Long-term incentives for eligible employees in Vice President or Director positions