Principal​/Sr Principal Engineer Electrical - R10218243-2

Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Electrical - R-2

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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
Clearance Type:
Top Secret
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation s history. 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 and bringing your whole self to work. One of our most challenging fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop energy-efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Electrical Engineer (Cable Hardware Engineering Lead) to lead a multi-disciplinary team towards technical maturation of novel high-density cabling solutions.

Location
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This position requires on-site work located at our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) in Linthicum, Maryland OR our Annapolis Junction, Maryland location.

Your Responsibilities

• Lead a multi-disciplinary technical team of engineers and physicists to develop novel high-density cable prototypes.
• Make design decisions and provide technical direction on Interconnects and Signal Distribution (I&SD) Electrical Designs.
• Perform technical planning related to system integration, spearhead verification and validation efforts, execute trade studies, generate system requirements, and manage technical and schedule risk and opportunities.
• Be accountable for all program deliverables for any cable maturation work scope.
• Collaborate with multiple technical teams across the MDA business area to achieve required goals.
• Synthesize high-level technical details, generate content, and present results to both internal and external stakeholders.

What You Need To Be Successful In The Role

• Multi-disciplinary technical background in areas such as hardware engineering, electrical engineering, RF design/simulation, systems engineering, and physics.
• Experience with driving requirements of less mature technologies towards long-term system applications.
• Experience with risk and opportunity management.
• Systems thinking approach to solving technical problems.
• Ownership mindset and excellent leadership capabilities.
• Ability to collaborate in a group setting as well as work independently.

This position can be filled as either a Principal Electrical Engineer (Cable Hardware Engineering Lead) or Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer (Cable Hardware Engineering Lead).

Basic Qualifications For Principal Electrical Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM discipline with 5 years of digital engineering; 3 years with MS; 1 year with PhD.
• Experience in developing hardware technologies towards program goals.
• Experience generating technical requirements for system applications from early technical maturity demonstrations.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Clearance:
  Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary US Government security clearance per customer requirements

Basic Qualifications For Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM discipline with 8 years of digital engineering; 6 years with MS; 4 years with PhD.
• Experience in developing hardware technologies towards program goals.
• Experience generating technical requirements for system applications from early technical maturity demonstrations.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen
• Clearance:
  Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary US Government security clearance per customer requirements

Preferred Qualifications For Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer

• PhD in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics or a related field.
• Knowledge of mixed-signal superconducting electronics, low-temperature thermal transport, and RF network response measurements and analysis.
• Deep…