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Electrical Engineer - Hardware 2/3
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-San Diego
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About the role
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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Electrical Engineer - Hardware 2/3 to join the team of qualified individuals. Position is located in San Diego, CA. In this role you will be responsible for generating 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of ground equipment and cable routing using vendor-provided and custom CAD data, building 3D COTS WRA assemblies, cable drawings, and rack assemblies, using CATIA V5, and generating and releasing Hardware, Interconnect, and Schematic drawing packages with drawing release through the Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool. Key Responsibilities: • Generate 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of ground equipment and cable routing using vendor provided and custom CAD data. • 3D COTS WRA assemblies, cable drawings, and rack assemblies • CAD Software: CATIA V5 • Generate and release Hardware, Interconnect and Schematic drawing packages. • Drawing release through Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool • Provide technical support in the development of formal Change Requests progressing through program review boards. • Support customer audits of engineering documentation and system configurations. • Provide engineering support for production and development activities including integration of hardware and software. • Member of responsible engineers supporting hardware development in Triton labs • Support development of new hardware design recommendations for iterative IFC4 builds. • Investigate integration findings, perform audits, hardware installation, hardware failure analysis & replacement. This position requires outstanding written and oral communications skills. Individual will be required to serve as either a principal subject matter focal point between maintenance, design engineering, and test site team - contractor and customer. Individual must be able to work under only general direction to determine and develop approaches to solutions; must be able to work both within a team environment and independently; must be self-motivated, thorough, and detailed; and must be willing to learn additional engineering discipline areas. We offer flexible work arrangements, 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do. *Position may be filled at either level based on qualifications below* Basic Qualification Level 2: • Must have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline AND 2 years of related professional/military experience, OR a Master's degree AND 0 years of related professional/military experience. Basic Qualification for Level 3