Northrop Grumman · 3 months ago
Principal/Sr. Principal Power Supply Engineer - R10209173
Rolling Meadows, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$105K/yr - $158K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. They are seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Power Supply Engineer to design and develop power conversion architectures for various applications, ensuring compliance with military standards and collaborating with engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design and develop power conversion architectures using the latest technologies from Linear Technology, Texas Instruments, and other integrated circuit device manufacturers
Provide concept-to-production development, test, and integration of technology areas including high efficiency, switch-mode power supply architectures for image processing, embedded processing, and Receiver/Exciter designs
Develop subsystem/module circuit designs for custom and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems, involving COTS & MIL-STD interfaces
Ensure regulatory compliance to DoD customer requirements, such as MIL-STD-704, 461, 464 & DO-160 and TEMPEST
Work with system, sub-system, and hardware engineers to develop requirements, architect new circuit design topologies, and printed wiring board layouts
Verify designs through spice simulation, laboratory verification, and formal qualification to electrical and mechanical environmental requirements, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) requirements and EMI/EMC compliance requirements
Maintain design documentation and configuration management throughout the product life cycle
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 5 years of power electronics design experience or 3 years of power electronics design experience with a master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline
Switch Mode Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex power systems, including various switch-mode topologies and linear regulators
Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
Demonstrated ability to lead projects with 2 or more team members
Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase and ClearQuest
Proven skills to include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems
US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum of 8 years of power electronics design experience or 6 years of power electronics design experience with a master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering or similar engineering discipline
Switch Mode Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex power systems, including various switch-mode topologies and linear regulators
Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
Demonstrated ability to lead projects with 2 or more team members
Familiarity with documentation, revision control and review systems like DOORS, ClearCase and ClearQuest
Proven skills to include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and also comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems
US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
Preferred
An advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, focused on Power Conversion, with a minimum 5 years of power electronics design experience
Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare system/hardware
Recent power supply design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept/Allegro, and LTSPICE
Working knowledge of designing high frequency magnetics including transformers, coupled inductors, EMI chokes and common mode filters
Working experience with documentation, revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
Proven skills to include project planning, communicating with all levels of an organization, adaptable, creative, collaborative, and comfortable working independently
Current Secret or Top-Secret Security Clearance
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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