
Electrical Engineer Level 4
Required skills
- STEM degree
- 8 years relevant experience
- 6 years relevant experience
- 3 years of experience
- scripting tools
- requirements decomposition
- electrical verification
- circuit simulation
- correlation to hardware
- schematic development
Nice to have
- HIL
- real-time test experience
- FPGA integration
- thermal considerations
- electrical hardware
- Speedgoat
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Level 4 Electrical Engineer to support magnetic bearing system development. The role emphasizes requirements development, circuit modeling, schematic design, hardware integration, controls, EMI mitigation, and test/debug. Responsibilities include translating system needs into electrical requirements, developing circuit models using tools like PSpice or LTSpice, creating schematics, supporting integration of various electronic components, identifying and mitigating EMI issues, evaluating thermal impacts, supporting control integration, and performing hands-on hardware test and debugging. Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or Python is required, along with strong hardware test and debugging skills. Desired qualifications include HIL or real-time test experience, familiarity with FPGA integration, thermal considerations, and EMFEA experience.
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.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.
Summary
Seeking a Level 4 Electrical Engineer, who is practical, systems-focused, and cross-disciplinary, to support magnetic bearing system development with emphasis on requirements development, circuit modeling, schematic design, hardware integration, controls, EMI mitigation, and test/debug. EMFEA experience is desirable, but secondary.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate system needs into electrical requirements, verification methods, and acceptance criteria
- Develop and use circuit models in PSpice, LTSpice, or similar tools
- Create and review schematics, select components, and account for failure modes and protections
- Support integration of power electronics, controls, sensors, FPGA/I/O, and real-time test systems
- Identify and mitigate EMI issues through grounding, shielding, filtering, layout, and cable practices
- Evaluate thermal impacts related to magnetic and power electronic hardware
- Support closed-loop control integration and understand effects on stability and bandwidth
- Perform hands-on test, troubleshooting, and debugging of hardware and software
- Interface with suppliers and review technical outputs as needed
- Support EM-related reviews when applicable
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) discipline with 8 years relevant experience; Masters of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 6 years relevant experience; PHD of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 3 years of experience.
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or equivalent scripting tools.
- Experience with requirements decomposition and electrical verification
- Experience with circuit simulation and correlation to hardware
- Experience with schematic development and power electronics
- Knowledge of EMI mitigation and controls integration
- Strong hardware test and debugging skills
- Strong communication skills
- US Citizenship required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret security clearance.
Desired Qualifications
- HIL or real-time test experience
- Familiarity with FPGA integration
- Familiarity with thermal considerations for electrical hardware
- Experience with Speedgoat or Simulink Real-Time
- EMFEA experience with tools such as Ansys Maxwell or Altair Flux2D
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
- 1
Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
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?
technicalmedium
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