Principal Electric Design Engineer (SC Clear)

Title: Principal Electrical Design Engineer (SC Cleared)

Location: Burlington House, New Malden, Kingston-Upon-Thames, London, UK.

Length: 6 months with scope to extend

Note: This Opportunity will be 5 days a week on site due to SC clearance required.

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.

Role Summary:

A key member of the Hardware Engineering team, this role will work to provide electrical design engineering expertise for maritime control and instrumentation systems throughout the full project life cycle, from requirements and concept design through to validation and qualification. This will involve the selection, design, development and analysis of electrical systems and components to deliver a Platform Management System (PMS) on a variety of Defence programmes.

Your Responsibilities:

• Electrical design engineering Subject Matter Expert (SME) or technical lead for Platform Management Systems (PMS)
• Design and develop electrical panel/enclosure/cabinet design in accordance with customer requirements and first principles where required.
• Create, modify, maintain and manage electrical designs for power and control systems
• Analyse and justify electrical based designs and component selection
• Review electrical schematics in accordance with relevant standards and internal Computer Aided Design (CAD) processes.
• Produce, modify, maintain and manage technical documents to support contractual deliverables (eg specifications, design documents, Bill of Materials (BOMs) etc.)
• Resolve electrical issues during hardware design, development, manufacture, integration and qualification
• Provide electrical engineering expertise to derive, define, decompose and manage requirements

Your Experience:

• Strong experience in an Electrical Design Engineering position
• Previous experience as a Hardware lead, Electrical lead or similar
• Engineering Degree in related discipline (experienced Electrical Design Engineers without a degree will also be considered
• Understanding and working knowledge of electrical related Defence Standards, including Lloyds Register and other Military Standards (eg Def Stan 59-411)
• Ability to work under pressure in a complex and rapidly changing environment.

Mandatory Background:

• Active SC Clearance

If you meet the above requirements, please contact Experis to be considered for this opportunity.