Principal​/Sr Principal Engineer Electrical Security Clearance

Position: Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Electrical with Security Clearance
Location: Linthicum Heights

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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 - 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 - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

One of our most challenging new fields is Microelectronics Design and Applications (MDA), which combines the unique properties of superconductivity and quantum mechanics to develop radical new energy-efficient computing systems. MDA is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer (Cable Hardware Engineering Lead). An experienced multi-faceted engineer with a robust technical background in hardware product development that is interested in leading a multi-disciplinary team towards technical maturation of novel high-density cabling solutions.

This position requires on site work located at our Advanced Technology Lab (ATL) in Linthicum, Maryland OR our Annapolis Junction, Maryland location. Your responsibilities:
* You will lead a multi-disciplinary technical team of engineers and physicists to develop novel high-density cable prototypes.

* You will make design decisions and provide technical direction on Interconnects and Signal Distribution (I&SD) Electrical Designs.
* You will 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.
* You will be accountable to all program deliverables for any cable maturation work scope.
* You will be collaborating with multiple technical teams across the MDA business area to achieve all relevant goals.
* You will 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 deign/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.
* Have an 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 (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years of digital engineering; 3 years with an MS degree; 1 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:
Candidate must be able 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 (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline with 8 years of digital engineering; 6 years with an MS degree; 4 years with PhD.
* Experience in developing hardware technologies towards program goals.…