Electrical Engineer

Job Title - Electrical Engineer

Job Location - 600 Hicks Road, Building 600 H Main, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States of America, 60008-1015

Job Description -

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is seeking an experienced Staff motor drive engineer to design solutions for electromechanical servo systems. Tasks would include motor selection, PWM and linear motor drive hardware design, controls design, testing, and subsystem integration. The motor drive engineer would work in a small functional team to support programs across multiple business units.

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This position is a Level 5 role.

This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL. location.

Basic Qualifications Staff Motor Control Design Engineer:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, or closely related field, and 12+ years of relevant experience (10 years with a Master of Science degree, 8 years with a PhD or Science degree)
• Experience with selection and control of 3-phase brushless DC motors
• Experience with power electronics design
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, and circuit simulation tools (e.g. SPICE, Saber)
• Ability to function in a multi-disciplinary team-oriented environment and rapidly adapt to changing work priorities.
• US Citizenship
• Ability to obtain a minimum of a Secret Clearance prior to starting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with the selection of motors, motor drives, and digital controllers based on cost constraints and technical performance requirements
• Experience with high precision multi-axis servo applications using inertial stabilization
• Experience with power electronics design using GaN FETs
• Troubleshooting, integration, and test experience
• Understanding of EMI/EMC requirements
• Experience with digital communication interfaces
• Understanding of digital control theory
• Understanding of how motor drive performance impacts system level requirements
• Experience with C code development for Texas Instruments C2000 microcontrollers using the TI Code Composer Studio IDE, or other embedded software/firmware development experience
• Experience conducting structured trade studies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Active TS/SCI security clearance