Northrop Grumman

Sr. Staff Electrical Components Engineer - 14978

ALHU12 - United States-California-Manhattan Beach, United States

$163-256k

Full Time

32 minutes ago

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Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Defense Systems is seeking a Sr Staff Electrical Components Engineer. This position is located in Huntsville, AL or Manhattan Beach, CA and supports the Sentinel program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

As a section manager you will manage a team of individual contributors within PM&P, these individuals may support one or more programs within SDS.

Provide performance feedback, training, mentoring and coaching to your employees.
Support workforce planning and maintain sufficient depth and breadth of skillsets within your teams core discipline to meet program needs.
Responsible for employee performance reviews and supporting employee career development.
Support development and refinement of processes and tools that support business areas and programs in achieving their missions.
Support proposal work, independent technical reviews, program standup and audits, and special assignments on an as needed basis.
Support employee engagement, hiring, development, training, attraction, and retention of top talent.
Provide technical support to Sentinel program ensuring integration and effective collaboration with design teams to achieve program objectives, including but not limited to:

- Reviews and analyzes released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities.

- Lead EEEE PM&P engineers in selection and application of Electrical, Electronics, Electro-Mechanical, Electro-Optical (EEEE) parts, including Microcircuits, Connectors, Passive Devices, and Printed Circuit Boards

- Oversee development of Component Specifications or Source Control Documents to meet Program Requirements

- Oversee development and execution of qualifications of new EEEE components for use in new Circuit Card Assembly designs

- Work with manufacturing and Component vendors to resolve qualification, producibility, and test issues with parts and Circuit Card Assemblies

- Familiar with management of new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System.

- Interface with program office on CDRLs, requirement tailoring, and other PM&P issues

- Oversee and adjudicate resolution of issues with interfacing disciplines/functions

- Tailoring and allocating EEEE Part and Circuit Card Assembly requirements to System, Subsystem, and Unit Level Specifications.

- Oversee EEEE PM&P engineers in supporting Program Subcontractors with EEEE Part requirements interpretation and review of Subcontractor Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs)

- Provide mentoring and coaching on technical issues within your area of expertise.

- Perform risk analysis, trade studies, process improvement analysis, cost estimates, as applicable.

- Tracking to completion tasking and assignments for the team, assisting with workload balancing across team members, collecting metrics, and performing other project management functions for the team as applicable.

- Ensure team members have the required tools and access to perform PM&P responsibilities.

- Collaborate with other engineering assignment managers/leads to align priorities and support overall execution of program objectives.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Materials Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Corrosion Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Civil Engineering discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of experience, or 12 years of experience with a Master's degree, or 10 years of experience with PHD
Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Minimum 1 year experience leading a project and/or driving performance against schedule, in a PM&P organization
2 years of experience in components engineering and PM&P engineering disciplines.
Experience in ensuring that PM&P program or contract requirements are applied to parts, materials and assemblies
Experience performing Electrical and electronic parts selection to meet program objectives and requirements,
Experience in military/space electronics design or manufacturing
Must be able to work independently, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction
Must be able to draft and review design documents, drawings, specification and test plans.
Must be able to recommend materials selections, and process selections for electronic/ electrical components used in CCA's, PCB's, cable and wire harness.
Ability to work closely with multiple functional organizations (Engineering, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Field Operations, etc.).
Collaborates with systems engineers, design engineers, project managers, reliability engineers, and external customers for establishing corrosion best practices for galvanic assessments, service life predictions, failure analysis, 3D modeling and simulation, specifications, and processes.
Familiar with various NASA & Military Performance documents required for the selection and screening of Space, Military, DSSC, Non-Standard, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf components, including MIL-PRF-38534 (Hybrids), MIL-PRF-38535 (microcircuits), MIL-PRF-19500 (semiconductors), MIL-PRF-123 (capacitors), MIL-PRF-55342 (resistors), MIL-PRF-39016 (relays), MIL-PRF-981(magnetics), IPC-6012 and MIL-PRF-31032 (Printed Circuit Boards)and various electrical interconnect systems.
Familiar with Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design, development, or manufacturing
Familiar with cable and wire harness design, development, or manufacturing
Experience with derating, and/or upscreening
Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

Understanding of process/procedure development, control, and improvement
Upscreening and Derating Test planning experience
Service life Test plan writing
Negotiation soft skills
Experience reviewing & approving materials and processes to be added to Program Approved Materials and processes list
Experience with Service Life Testing and failure analysis
Experience with Siemens Teamcenter, NX solid modeling, Xpedition, Mentor Capital
Excellent 2-way communication skills (upward and downward)
Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
Demonstrated experience in making sound data-driven decisions in uncertain and difficult situations.
Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner
Experience in performing in an Agile environment and knowledge/understanding of JIRA
Experience with engineering drawing review
Experience and knowledge of electronic/electrical component specifications and processes, experience with cable and harness specifications, and experience with CCA design and manufacturing specifications

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Salary Range: $163,200.00 - $256,400.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.