Associate Electrical Engineer (AHT)

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.

Junior-level Electrical engineering position in the Huntsville Hardware Engineering (HHWE) group of the Combat Systems and Mission Readiness (CSMR) division.
Position supports one or more projects performing Electrical design engineering to integrate Command and Control systems into tactical platforms for Department of Defense programs. These projects include air and missile defense command systems, anti-artillery systems, wheeled and armored vehicles, command operations centers, or security and warning systems, as well as associated activities.
Responsibilities include:
-- Electrical design of parts, assemblies, subsystems, and complete systems, including drafting/review/revision/release of engineering drawings, selection of components and materials
-- Support of small, cross-functional teams performing various design and production-support tasks in an Agile Hardware environment
-- Collaborating with other functional areas such as Production, Procurement, Systems Engineering, Quality, and Logistics on aspects of product design, integration, and support in an Agile Hardware environment
-- Communicating with internal buyers and external fabrication shops to exchange technical information about fabrication of parts and assemblies
-- Performing Electrical engineering analyses, such as power loading, power quality analysis, thermal output, electrical design derating, and authoring reports documenting them
-- Development and maintenance of bills of material in support of design, production, proposal, or other business activities
-- Support development of engineering briefings to support internal and external design reviews, including to company management and government customer representatives
-- Assisting in the preparation and submittal of contract deliverable reports and data packages

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS Degree - Electrical or related technical degree
• Ability to communicate technical information clearly, verbally or written to both technical and nontechnical personnel.
• Experience working as part of a collaborative design team
• Self-motivated and able to work independently in a schedule-driven environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and Visio.
• Ability to support periodic travel to customer sites in the continental United States.
• Ability to get Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• General knowledge of product design, especially in the area of integration of subsystems that via development of interconnect diagrams and wire harness/cable design.
• Experience in performance of trade studies to identify components that meet system and subsystem requirements.
• Experience drafting and reviewing electrical drawings to an industry standard in support of designs in a production environment
• Experience using PLM/PDM and MRP Systems (Team Center, SAP)
• Experience with problem-solving skills to rapidly address issues identified during integration, production and system installation
• Experience working in Agile for Hardware project development
• Active security clearance, minimum level Secret

Salary Range: $68,000 USD - $82,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

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