Sentinel (GBSD) – Sr. Principal Circuit Design Engineer – Actuator Motor Drive Responsible Design Engineer – 4432-1

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Senior Principal Circuit Design Engineer to join the Flight Systems Team. This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program. A competitive relocation package may be included with offer.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The selected candidate will fill the role of Guidance Computer Actuator Motor Drive Design Engineer joining our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The individual in this role will develop Analog board designs utilized in the Guidance Computer (GC) flight Unit.  The GC is a high reliability, radiation hardened flight controller for the Sentinel Aerospace Vehicle (AVE).  The Sentinel Guidance Computer contains digital processing, digital I/O, and analog actuator/power I/O electronics functions.  The scope of this role includes collaboration with systems engineers, mechanical engineers, manufacturing engineers, and other electrical engineers to perform design trades and requirements flow down, to create interconnection drawings, to perform electrical analysis, to develop test plans, and ultimately to deliver working hardware that meets program requirements. The qualified candidate will be an experienced actuator drive board design engineer who will work on the actuator drive board design and development with application in an embedded control processing function.  This position reports directly to the Guidance Computer Responsible Design Engineer (RDE).

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space 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. Relocation assistance may be available.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 9 years of experience; 7 years with Master’s Degree; 4 years with PhD

• Experience with electrical circuit design including architecture development, detail circuit design, schematics development, and worst case analysis

• Experience with valve and motor control electronics design, analysis and verification

• Proficiency with PSpice and MathCAD

• US citizen with ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with a concentration in Control Systems or •Communications and engineering experience in an aerospace environment

• Experience with requirements development, system integration, and flight/production test activities

• Active DoD Secret clearance

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This position reports to Roy, UT, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Unknown City, UT, UT, USA.

Salary Range: $112,000 USD - $168,000 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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.

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