Northrop Grumman Australia · 5 hours ago
Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer
United States-Louisiana-Lake Charles
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in defense systems, seeking a Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer to join their Lake Charles, LA facility. The role involves providing support for Special Mission Aircraft heavy maintenance and modifications, focusing on electrical design, troubleshooting, and integration of airborne ISR platforms.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The Sr. Principal Electrical Engineer should have knowledge of and experience with circuit design/analysis and power electronics design to military, space, or aerospace standards commonly used in the defense and aerospace realm
The candidate should be familiar with aircraft maintenance and modification operations
Provide liaison support and develop detailed electrical analyses in support of troubleshooting, drawing release, aircraft repairs or modification integration
These analyses will be in support of Material Review Board (MRB), and fleet management activities
Knowledge of Airworthiness Directives (ADs), Service Bulletins (SBs), large transport aircraft electrical design criteria, and nonstandard repairs
Provide technical guidance to liaison engineers in the design and substantiation of aircraft electrical modification integration and/or repairs
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other STEM related degree with 8 years related experience; Master's in Electrical Engineering or other STEM related degree with 6 years related experience; PhD in Electrical Engineering or other STEM related degree with 4 years related experience
Analog and Digital Circuit Design and Analysis ability and experience
Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot electronic circuits (e.g. analog or high-voltage circuitry)
Experience with substantiation of aircraft electrical repairs
Experience with military and civil airworthiness regulations (MIL-HBK-516 and FAA 14 CFR Part 25)
Experience in aircraft electrical and avionics systems and repairs
Must be a US citizen with the ability to obtain a DOD secret security clearance
Preferred
10 or more years of work experience with DOD related products
Demonstrated experience modeling and performing analysis of integrated systems encompassing electronics, power electronics, control systems, sensors, and mechanical systems
Electrical integration and troubleshooting experience on Naval Aviation programs
Experience on the E-6 or other 707 derivative aircraft
Experience with MRO Engineering Operations
Experience with Material Review Board operations
Experience with aircraft weight and balance
FAA Designated Engineering Representative or NAVDER designation
Demonstrated ability in production issue resolution
Current DOD 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 Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase