Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer – 6 - Deputy Subsystems Lead GPI Kill Vehicle

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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. At Northrop Grumman, our employees have unparalleled opportunities to work on revolutionary technologies that impact the future of hypersonic defense systems. Our passionate team thrives on intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and innovation to address some of our nation’s greatest challenges. Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a  Sr. Staff Electrical Engineer – Level 6  to serve as a Deputy Subsystems Lead on the GPI Kill Vehicle Avionics Integrated Product Team (IPT) supporting the Launch and Exploration business unit in Chandler, Arizona . Aligned with Northrop Grumman’s product-based organizational structure , the Deputy Lead will play a key role in coordinating cross-discipline efforts to deliver high-quality products that meet cost, schedule, and technical performance objectives. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in avionics design or guided electronic systems, and a proven ability to manage complex product development efforts in collaboration with cross-disciplinary Integrated Product Teams (IPTs).

Serve as the Deputy Lead for the Avionics subsystem, owning requirements, design, integration, and verification for the avionics and associated interfaces. Define and manage requirements for avionic subsystems performance, thermal and mechanical environments, electrical interfaces, reliability, and maintainability, ensuring traceability to system level requirements. Collaborate with technical leadership on system requirements generation and associated flow down, subsystem design/analysis, and subsystem performance verification including lab and flight testing. Coordinate with internal systems, guidance navigation and control (GNC), avionics, firmware/software, mechanical, materials, and manufacturing teams to ensure coherent system level integration and design closure. Generate and maintain technical documentation including requirements specifications, interface control documents (ICDs), design descriptions, test plans and procedures, and verification reports. Develops and evaluates electrical system architecture alternatives in concert with the broader systems engineering effort to select an electrical-system architecture that meets the customer's needs. Performs electrically focused requirement analysis and decomposition as part of the systems engineering translation of customer requirements into hardware specifications. Develop and implement modeling solutions, conduct trade studies and evaluation of system and subsystem performance. Work with suppliers and vendors to develop, procure, and qualify hardware; provide detailed technical feedback on designs, analyses, and manufacturing processes; and ensure all hardware vendor development adheres to the program requirements and follows established department command media. Manage technical risk associated with avionics development, driving mitigation plans for performance, schedule, and producibility risks in collaboration with program management. Provide technical briefings to internal