Electrical Engineer 1

About the Role

Northrop Grumman is offering a SkillBridge Program opportunity for transitioning service members to gain valuable civilian work experience. This program provides an internship during the last 6 months of service, for up to 180 days. Participants continue to receive military compensation and benefits. The program is an approved SkillBridge Program under Dept. of Defense Instruction 1322.29.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a system electrical engineering team to perform analysis, design, and test of complex “system level” designs with a focus on the electrical ground support equipment and test support equipment for the launch vehicle.
• Broad understanding and application of company electrical engineering technical standards.
• Broad technical expertise and working knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Prepare and present electrical engineering materials for Requirements and Design Reviews.
• Study basic design concepts and criteria for more complex problems with minimal guidance.
• Apply electrical engineering principles to adapt or improve upon heritage features from previous successful designs of a similar nature.
• Actively and effectively participate and contribute in a positive manner while supporting team decisions and goals.
• Make an extra effort to provide quality internal and external customer service.
• Constantly seek new sources of information and provide information necessary to meet customer needs.
• Escalate issues when required.
• Derive requirements through multiple sources of documentation and design meetings.
• Evaluate uncertainty and risks associated with requirements and designs with supervision.
• Participate in trade studies for both internal projects and procured equipment.
• Act with safety as the number one priority through every aspect of the role.
• Provide formal peer review of simple engineering designs or analyses for less experienced engineers.
• Complete day-to-day activities with minimal oversight of senior engineers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• DoD Active Secret Clearance is required.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor’s in Engineering or enrolled and pursuing an undergraduate Engineering degree from an accredited college/university.
• Knowledgeable with the use of basic test equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, and electronic loads.
• Broad or high-level circuit design and analysis.
• Experience in any of the following:
• Design, test, and/or integration and deployment of electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) or test support equipment (TSE).
• Design, test, programming, and/or integration and deployment of automated test equipment (ATE).
• Testing of avionics, electronic components, or electrical systems using purpose-designed test equipment.
• Burndown of nonconformances and/or root cause failure analysis of electronic systems.
• Release of engineering documentation including technical drawings, specifications, and test procedures.
• Leading teams or personnel in the execution of test procedures.
• Leading teams or personnel in the design of electronic equipment.
• Problem solving for technical issues, schedule, cost, resource, and other project challenges.
• Mentoring and cross-training team members across a diverse set of technologies and equipment architectures.
• LabVIEW programming and NI hardware and software products.
• Contributions to process improvement initiatives.
• CompTIA Security+ or similar certifications.
• Usage and troubleshooting of networks, Windows systems, and RHEL or other Linux distributions.
• Experience with classified test systems or systems subject to cyber security policies.
• Management or tracking of projects through a product life cycle.
• Support of manufacturing engineering during the production of test equipment products.
• Experience with telemetry systems including decoms and chapter 10 recorders.
• Development or support of Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) or other integrations labs.

DoD SkillBridge Eligibility

• Has served at least 180 days on active duty.
• Is within 12 months of separation or retirement.
• Will receive an honorable discharge.
• Has taken any service TAPS/TGPS.
• Has attended or participated in an ethics brief within the last 12 months.
• Received Unit Commander (first O-4/Field Grade commander in chain of command) written authorization and approval to participate in DoD SkillBridge Program prior to start of internship.