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.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Northridge, CA. is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer.
We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry.
Job Responsibilities:
Responsible for leading the SiAW Airframe design team.
Design of mechanical parts and assemblies, including 3D CAD modeling; 2D drawing drafting, review, revision, and release; selection of components and materials; support of trade studies.
Communicating with suppliers and customers to exchange technical information.
Coordinate with supply chain regarding supplier changes, cost reductions, process improvements, and changing suppliers.
Coordinate with manufacturing regarding design and process improvements.
Collaborating with other functional areas on various aspects of product design/documentation, including procurement, production, logistics, or configuration management.
Hands-on troubleshooting, inspection, or assembly of parts/subsystems in support of prototyping, production, or test.
Performing tolerance stack up analysis and authoring reports documenting them.
Collaborating with analysis teams who are responsible for performing mass properties, structural, thermal, and materials/processes reports
Creating and delivering engineering briefings or reports to support design review activities.
Tracking & reporting task status.
Assist team to develop/document best practices and mentor less experienced engineers.
Create and maintain design history files and track design defects, assign priority/severity, ensure design owner assigned, and report on status.
Resolve NCs and guide team members on NC resolution.
Basic Qualifications are:
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience.
Experience leading a team.
Experience resolving NCs and completing tolerance stack up analysis.
Experience designing primary and secondary composite aircraft parts/components, assemblies, and installations.
Experience in material selection.
Experience designing for MIL-STD-810 testing requirements.
Experience creating 3D parametric models using any industry-standard 3D CAD package such as Creo (preferred).
Experience using any industry-standard Product Lifecycle Management systems such as TeamCenter (preferred).
Experience drafting, reviewing, or interpreting 2D mechanical drawings.
Experience creating trade studies for design for cost analysis.
Self-motivated and able to work productively and independently in a fast-paced environment.
Good attention to detail, follow-through, and time-management skills.
Demonstrated good verbal/written communication skills & proactive inter-personal initiative.
Experience designing to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards and generating tolerance stack up analysis.
**Must have an Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Ability to acquire SAP Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications are:
Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
Team player with a strong work ethic and initiative to perform in a cross functional team
Experience working in or providing engineering support to manufacturing or test/evaluation, particularly for DoD projects
Experience working in a Scrum, Agile, or Kanban product-development environment
Experience in creating electronics packaging
Experience design for manufacturability
Experience with designing for EMI sensitive environments
Knowledge, Skills and Ability:
General frequent use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques. Demonstrates the skill and ability to perform moderately complex professional tasks. Initiate, review, and/or update design documentation and engineering drawings, engineering change orders, non-conformances, and rootcause/corrective actions in the sustaining of current production.
Problem Solving
Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned. Experience and/or familiarity with tolerance analysis, design of experiment, and rootcause analysis desired.
Discretion/Latitude
Work is reviewed for soundness of technical judgment, overall adequacy and accuracy. Works under general supervision.
Impact
Contributes to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects. Failure to achieve results or inadequate work product should be detected by supervisory oversight but may cause delay in program schedules and allocation of additional resources
Liaison
Primarily internal company contacts. Infrequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts on routine matters.
There are numerous job opportunities to pioneer new technologies and solve complex issues on multiple programs at the Northrop Grumman development and production and engineering center located in Northridge, California. This center is primarily focused on product and software development and engineering for advanced systems providing service members and allies essential capabilities.
Living in Northridge offers a perfect combination of urban living with the beauty of nature. It is a short drive away from downtown Los Angeles, the Hollywood Hills, or the rest of the San Fernando Valley.
Salary Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.