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Engineer or Principal Engineer- Subsystems Electrical

Job in Palmdale, Los Angeles County, California, 93552, USA
Listing for: Northrop Grumman
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-17
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 75100 - 171000 USD Yearly USD 75100.00 171000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance 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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Engineer or Principal Engineer
- Subsystems Electrical to join our team in Palmdale, CA;
San Diego, CA or Oklahoma City, OK.The Electrical Engineer
- Vehicle Subsystems & Integration may be involved in multiple aspects of aircraft subsystem development including electrical design, analysis, requirements, and issue troubleshooting. Aircraft subsystems include System Architecture, Cable Design, and Electrical Power Generation & Distribution.

Responsibilities Include:

Develop electrical wiring designs of a functional system including the selection of aircraft-type conductors and electro-mechanical components such as connectors, relays, switches, circuit breakers, terminal junction systems.

Support design requirements for electrical power generation, conversion and distribution systems, and circuit protective requirements for aerospace vehicle systems including Electrical Loads Analysis, test procedures, power architectures, reports, analyses, and other vehicle power related deliverables.

Responsible for all aspects of system/component design and development including trade studies, layouts, architecture definition, system test & verification, and troubleshooting.

May participate on a subcontractor management team and will act as the technical point of contact with suppliers for hardware development, qualification, and procurement

System level test planning, execution support, verification, data processing, and troubleshooting

System level evaluations to verify requirements and ensure airworthiness criteria are met Position may be filled as either a Electrical Engineer (level
2) OR Principal Electrical Engineer (level
3) depending on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Engineer (Level
2):

Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and 2 years of experience in Aerospace structural design

Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Basic Qualifications for Principal Engineer (Level
3):

Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an Masters degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience OR a PhD in STEM and 1 years of related experience

Experience in electrical design of air vehicle systems

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Active U.S. Government Secret clearance (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation…
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