Principal Engineering Design

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available\n\nCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes\n\nCLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret\n\nTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time\n\n## Description\n\nAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people\u0027s 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\u0027s 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 invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work \u2014 and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they\u0027re making history.\n\nNorthrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Design Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, CA.\n\nIn this role you will design major components or major portions of a functional system to develop or improve products and facilitate manufacturing operations. Develop basic data and make preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal. Investigate pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinate with other organizations affected by design development. Make layouts of complex assemblies and detail parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures. Check completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identify design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommend revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.\n\nAs the Design Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and integrating designs for various air vehicle systems and subsystems. Your work will involve integration into labs, test vehicles, or specialized test equipment. You will engage in design activities related to cable interface assemblies. Use standard computer aided design (CAD) digitizing techniques and skills. Digitizes, edits, and revises engineering drawings of components, parts, circuits, structures and/or assemblies. Makes engineering computations, mathematical calculations, determines scales, and prepares or revises specifications\n\nKey Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:\n\n * Development of avionics and lab harness designs and schematics\n * Coordination and liaison of electrical engineering designs through the procurement process\n * Coordination and liaison of electrical design integration and assembly\n * Lead and coordinate integration of hardware in a laboratory environment\n * Development of documentation in support of designs and product lifecycle management\n * Support troubleshooting and system verification in a lab setting\n\n\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n * Bachelor\u2019s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) discipline with 5 years\u2019 experience; 3 years\u2019 experience with a Master\u2019s degree; or 1 year\u2019 experience with a PhD.\n * Must be a U.S. Citizen and with the ability to obtain and maintain an Active U.S. Government Secret clearance.\n * Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Access Programs (SAP) clearance as a condition of continued employment\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n * Knowledge of communications hardware and protocol for Ethernet, serial, 1553\n * Knowledge of electrical components, power design and considerations\n * Proficiency in interpreting and creating electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.\n * Knowledge leading design projects, including cable assemblies, data acquisition hardware, and sensor integration\n\n\n\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00\n\nThe above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate\u0027s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.\n\nDepending 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. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.\n\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.\n\nNorthrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.\n