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Staff Electrical Engineer - 5

Northrop GrummanChandler, AZFull-time$152,900.00 - $229,300.00

This engineer will work within Space Systems’ cradle-to-grave launch vehicle organization, contributing to design, integration, qualification, operations support, and launch-related activities. Responsibilities include reviewing and decomposing requirements, evaluating design risks, leading test programs, analyzing test data, investigating failures, and presenting technical conclusions to customers and management. The position also involves formal design reviews, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams and manufacturing or operations groups, and mentoring less-experienced engineers. It suits a senior electrical engineer who enjoys hands-on aerospace systems work, structured problem solving, and technical leadership across multiple projects. Experience with missile or launch systems, electronic testing, engineering documentation, and tools such as MATLAB or Python would be valuable.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with 10 years of experience, or a master’s degree with 7 years of experienceU.S. citizenship requiredAbility to obtain a U.S. Secret clearance; active clearance preferredExperience designing, testing, integrating, or deploying electrical components or subsystemsAbility to lead failure investigations, troubleshooting, technical reviews, and test activitiesStrong collaboration, mentoring, requirements analysis, and risk evaluation skills
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