MS iReturn Power Design Engineer or Principal Power Design Engineer

At Northrop Grumman Mission Systems we understand that sometimes we must pause our professional life to support our family and loved ones. After taking a career break to care for children, aging parents or other family obligations, the road to return to work can be intimidating. iReturn can be the steppingstone in returning to your career.

We are seeking experienced and motivated professionals who are looking to return to the workforce after a career break of a minimum of 2 years for Mechanical / Hardware Engineering in Rolling Meadows, IL.

Northrop Grumman offers challenging career opportunities in Hardware Engineering within Electronic Systems that play a key role in the mission to protect our military personnel.  The Hardware Engineering organization is dedicated to consistently providing high quality product designs in support of multiple business areas.

We strive to provide an exciting and challenging environment that offers both technical and management career paths.  Technical career path opportunities span from entry level to Senior Consulting Engineer, and provide a proven training ground for technical growth opportunities in Systems Engineering through rotational assignments.  Management opportunities include functional management positions within Hardware Engineering, as well as excellent preparation for Engineering Project Management roles.  We are a strong advocate of mentoring and professional development programs

Job Description:

The Power Design Engineering role involves full life-cycle product development on architectures ranging from radio frequency electronic warfare (RFEW), infrared countermeasures (IRCM) and imaging systems, and real-time embedded control systems.  The Power Design Engineer provides concept-to-production development, test, and integration of these technology areas:

• High efficiency, switch-mode power supply architectures for image processing, embedded processing, and Receiver/Exciter designs
• Subsystem/module circuit designs for custom and  commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems, involving COTS & MIL-STD interfaces
• Regulatory compliance to DoD customer requirements, such as MIL-STD-704, 461, 464 & DO-160 and TEMPEST

The Power Design Engineer will design and develop power conversion architectures using the latest technologies from Linear Technology, Texas Instruments, and other integrated circuit device manufacturers to support the following applications: gigabit serial interfaces, Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro-Optical (EO) DSP, controls, data links, and embedded processing platforms.  Typical power outputs range from less than 1mW to greater than 10kW.   Power Design Engineers work with system, sub-system, and hardware engineers to develop requirements, architect new circuit design topologies, and printed wiring board layouts.  Designs are verified through spice simulation, laboratory verification, and formal qualification to electrical and mechanical environmental requirements, electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) requirements and EMI/EMC compliance requirements.  Design support is continuous from requirements definition through integration and test; and maintenance of design documentation and configuration management is required throughout the product life-cycle.

Basic Qualifications for Power Electronics Engineer:

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering and 2+ years of relevant experience; or MS degree in Electrical Engineering
• Switch Mode Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration
• Proven skills to include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and also comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems.
• US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, focused on Power Conversion
• Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare or EO/IR system/hardware
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex power systems, including various switch-mode topologies and linear regulators
• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
• Recent power supply design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept/Allegro, and LTSPICE
• Working knowledge of designing high frequency magnetics including: transformers, coupled inductors, EMI chokes and common mode filters
• Working experience with documentation, revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
• Proven skills to include: project planning, communicating with all levels of an organization, adaptable, creative, collaborative and also comfortable working independently
• Current Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance

Basic Qualifications for Principal Power Electronics Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline with a minimum 5 years of power electronics design experience or 3 years of power electronics design experience with a master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar engineering discipline.
• Switch Mode Power Supply circuit design experience, including schematic capture through test and integration.
• Proven skills to include team leadership, mentoring others, communicating with all levels of an organization internally and externally, being adaptable, creative, collaborative, and also comfortable working independently and enjoys solving difficult problems.
• US Citizen and ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, focused on Power Conversion
• Working knowledge of Electronic Warfare or EO/IR system/hardware
• Hands-on prototyping and debug experience testing complex power systems, including various switch-mode topologies and linear regulators
• Ability to translate system performance and operational specifications into hardware requirements, design, and test specifications
• Recent power supply design experience utilizing circuit-related tools including Cadence Concept/Allegro, and LTSPICE
• Working knowledge of designing high frequency magnetics including: transformers, coupled inductors, EMI chokes and common mode filters
• Working experience with documentation, revision control and review systems similar to DOORS, ClearCase, and ClearQuest
• Proven skills to include: project planning, communicating with all levels of an organization, adaptable, creative, collaborative and also comfortable working independently
• Current Secret or Top Secret Security Clearance

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Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.