
Electronics Engineer - 3
Required skills
- Secret
- Secret Level security clearance
- US Citizenship
- MATLAB
- C++
- C#
- Python
- network analyzers
- oscilloscopes
- waveform generators
Nice to have
- avionics
- military
- space and defense
- environmental testing
- thermal cycles
- thermal vacuum
Role summary
Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer - 3 in Chandler, AZ, to join the Launch Systems Avionics Design Group. This role focuses on comprehensive test verification throughout the program life cycle, including requirements analysis, test planning, procedure and script development, execution, and data review. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with 5 years of related test experience (or MS with 3 years), proficiency in programming environments like MATLAB, C++, Python, or C#, and experience with standard test equipment. A Secret security clearance and US Citizenship are mandatory. The role involves leading cross-functional teams and conducting formal technical reviews. Preferred qualifications include experience with avionics testing in military/space environments and environmental testing.
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.Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Electronics Engineer - 3 to join the Launch Systems Avionics Design Group in Chandler, AZ. The role involves conducting comprehensive test verification activities throughout the program life cycle, including requirements analysis, development/prototype testing, test procedure development, test script creation, test execution, and formal Test data review and reporting. This position will be 100% on-site.
Job Responsibilities:
Develop test requirements and detailed avionics component test plans, procedures, readiness reviews (TRRs), test data, and reports.
Execute qualification testing in accordance with established requirements, plans, and procedures.
Conduct qualification tests while managing and prioritizing problem resolution.
Compile data to determine necessary changes in test equipment, procedures, or to establish new test requirements.
Lead cross-functional teams (including hardware, software, and manufacturing engineers) in both laboratory and field environments.
Conduct formal technical reviews, such as Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs) with internal stakeholders and external customers.
Basic Qualifications for an Electronics Engineer:
- Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university with 5 years of related test experience or an MS and 3 years experience.
- Experience authoring test procedures and ensuring data integrity and cataloging.
- Experience with test execution, troubleshooting, and formal requirement decomposition with traceability and verification.
- Working knowledge of standard test equipment: network analyzers, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, synthesizers, digitizers, and/or signal analyzers.
- Proficient in at least one of the following programming environments: MATLAB, C, C++, C#, and/or Python.
- Active US Government Secret Level security clearance at time of application.
- US Citizenship
- Ability to work onsite full-time in Chandler, AZ
Preferred Qualifications Associate Engineer/Electronics Engineer:
- Experience testing avionics in military or space and defense environment.
- Expert experience with environmental testing including thermal cycles, thermal vacuum, vibration, shock, etc.
- Experience updating or modifying automated test scripts that integrate with hardware interfaces.
- Experience working with operational hazards such as overhead lifting, Thermal Chambers, and Vibration Test systems
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple, shifting priorities while maintaining safety standards.
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
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Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
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Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
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Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
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