Principal Engineer Test

Requisition : R

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America

• Clearance Type: None

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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. 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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Test Engineer to support our Armament Systems Business located in Plymouth, MN.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure product quality by creating production test equipment for military/aerospace products, including programming, debugging, and deploying into production equipment that adjusts, calibrates, and certifies device specifications.

• Design, develop, and implement cost-effective methods of testing for Design Verification.

• Maintain and update test equipment supporting functional board level and final acceptance testers.

• Understand the functionality of several products to reduce test time or suggest additional tests.

• Co-lead design reviews and design for testability.

• Assist on fixture fabrication and ordering of parts while managing suppliers.

• Prepare test and diagnostic programs, design test fixtures, instrument racks, and equipment.

• Compile data and define changes required in test equipment, test procedures, manufacturing processes, or test requirements.

• Understand product requirements to select sensors and instrumentation to create a full test strategy.

• Function as liaison between Design Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering to ensure that innovative new product designs can be manufactured cost-effectively with high quality.

• Understand customer requirements documentation and translate to test cases for DVT and production test.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or STEM discipline, plus 5 years of professional experience in building and maintaining automated test equipment (ATE); or master’s degree plus 3 years of experience; or PhD plus 0 experience.

• Experience as Electrical Engineer or Computer Engineer oriented to hardware.

• Must be a US citizen.

• Ability to acquire Government Secret clearance after hiring.

• 1-2 years of experience with LabVIEW programming (C++ and OOP is a plus).

• Ability to read/understand schematics and understand embedded software and communication protocols.

• Experience with digital and analog electronics to design circuitry for signal conditioning and isolation.

• Knowledge in ICT programming or board level testing is desired.

• Knowledge in Electrical and Functional Testers with interfaces, pneumatic systems, communication protocols, PXI, and GPIB instruments test platforms (Vision Systems is a plus).

• Ability to work on-site with flexible work arrangements and travel 10% of the time (domestic).

• Solid communication skills and ability to establish clear verbal communication with remote audiences.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks while maintaining a sense of urgency.

• Excellent problem-solving skills, teamwork, self-motivation, and leadership.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with cross-functional team members.

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering is highly desired.

• Experience with high-volume device assembly and PCB fabrication practices, including designing test fixtures and product testing under high and low temperature extremes.

• Green belt or experienced use of Six Sigma tools: DOE, R&R, MSE, DFSS is…