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Principal Electronics Test Engineer

Trispoke Managed Services Pvt. Ltd.
Baltimore, MD Contractor
POSTED ON 1/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/4/2026
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Manufacturing Operations Test Engineering Team in Baltimore, MD seeks a Principal Electronics Test Engineer to assume ownership of successful delivery of our Surface Mount Technology Manufacturing Cell products.

This career opportunity is a great fit for self-motivated, proactive individuals who want to assume ownership of the performance and delivery of Northrop Grumman's diverse suite of RF and digital product hardware. Our Engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves “hands on” technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations. If you thrive on solving problems and want different challenges each day, please read on!

We are seeking RF and digital knowledgeable individuals who are passionate about monitoring and supporting product technical performance and aggressive about maintaining product delivery schedules. The Electronics Test Engineer will work with our advanced microelectronic products, and will support the development, integration, and testing of production hardware. Activities will range from hands-on testing; to analysis of failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions; and attending program meetings to report yields, problems, and corrective actions.

What You'll Get To Do

  • Incorporate improved testing methods and procedures
  • Troubleshoot and support RF and digital hardware (digital boards)
  • Evaluation and disposition of Circuit Card Assemblies (CCAs), including debugging and fault isolation. This may include a broad range of circuit technologies such as digital, analog, and power.
  • Support First Time Through Test Yield (FTTTY) and hardware deliveries
  • Analyze test data and identify early trends
  • Compile data and define changes required in testing equipment, testing procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements
  • Collaborate with design engineering to develop and implement hardware improvements and solutions
  • Support technicians through troubleshoot and training
  • Monitor product yields and aggressively work to maintain program yield targets
  • Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions
  • Attend program meetings to report yield issues, yield detractor investigation finding, and corrective actions
  • Interface with manufacturing management, test technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams

The successful candidate will have analytical skills to review requirements, test plans, and test scenarios; and the ability to effectively communicate across teams.

He/she should also be self-directed, organized, team oriented and have previous experience with MS Office tools.

Basic Qualifications For An Electronics Test Engineer

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or other related STEM field plus 2 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or other related STEM field plus 0 years of experience.

Ability to read and interpret specifications, schematics, parts lists and block diagrams

Experience with Digital, RF hardware and software

Working knowledge in RF theory and concepts

Working knowledge in digital circuit design

Experience with RF test equipment (such as: DMM, power supplies, scopes, power meter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator).

Basic Qualifications For a Principal Electronics Test Engineer

Ability to read and interpret specifications, schematics, parts lists and block diagrams

Experience with RF hardware and software

Working knowledge in RF theory and concepts

Working knowledge in digital circuit design

Experience with RF/Digital test equipment (such as: DMM, power supplies, scopes, power meter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator).

Preferred Qualifications For Both Levels

Advanced degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline

Ability to work with minimal direction and guidance

Experience with FPGAs, JTAG

Experience with LabWindows CVI, C / C programming

TestStand programming

Proficiency with digital, analog, RF test equipment, RF theory and high speed digital.

Familiarity with differential digital interfaces like LVDS

PXI/PXIe and VME bus experience

Hands-on troubleshooting of electrical hardware

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