Senior Staff Engineer Electronics Architect

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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 Mission Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer, Electronics Architect to serve as a product technical lead across complex mixed signal electronics, hardware, software, and firmware development efforts. This role requires deep technical expertise spanning analog, digital, power, FPGA, and embedded test architectures, combined with strong leadership in system integration and product test execution. The selected candidate will lead the technical proposal strategy, research effort, integration, and validation of advanced electronic systems with a strong emphasis on inertial measurement unit (IMU) architecture, test planning, and production test solution development. This position will partner closely with software/firmware, electrical, mechanical, systems, and program leadership to ensure successful execution from development through verification and transition to production.   Key Responsibilities • Serve as the technical lead for complex electronics products, driving architecture, integration, and validation activities across hardware, software, and firmware domains. • Lead development of test architecture and test strategies to verify and validate requirements across multiple product lines. • Provide subject matter expertise in the integration and testing of electronics, power, and digital systems, with emphasis on IMU-based products. • Evaluate technical tradeoffs during engineering development and guide design decisions to support product performance, testability, manufacturability, and program execution. • Partner with design and integration teams to ensure successful incorporation of new hardware and software/firmware into test environments. • Lead multidisciplinary teams responsible for developing and integrating Production Test Solutions. • Support requirements flow-down, requirements management, verification planning, and technical closure of design requirements. • Generate and review technical documentation including specifications, interface control documents, technical reports, engineering studies, and proposal content. • Develop, debug, review, and oversee test code used for integration and verification activities. • Generate, review, and release engineering documentation such as electrical schematics, wire tabs, test specifications, assembly drawings, and interconnect diagrams. • Interface with internal functional engineering teams, program leadership, and customer technical representatives as needed. • Provide leadership in technical planning, team building, collaboration, mentoring, and execution in a fast-paced aerospace environment.   Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or another STEM discipline from an accredited university with 14 years of relevant engineering experience; or a Master’s degree with 12 years of