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Sentinel (GBSD) Mechanical Engineer - 16359

Northrop Grumman
UTRO04, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Oct 2025
💰 $105,400/yr($70,200/yr$105,400/yr)

About the role

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

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.

Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems sector is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join a multi-functional team of Electrical, Mechanical, and Systems Engineers in Roy, UT.

What You’ll Get to Do:

This position is in our Strategic Deterrent Systems Division to execute the Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase of the Sentinel Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) Program. The primary objective of this role is to collaborate across Systems Engineering, System Test, Global Supply Chain, suppliers, and other Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to develop and review Environmental Control System hardware requirements, specifications, designs, trade studies, and analyses for the purpose of supporting incremental system maturity milestones and hardware deliveries. The successful candidate will be comfortable with working in a dynamic people-focused environment and collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholders in order to achieve organizational goals.

  • Collaborate with stakeholders to decompose technical requirements, develop complete and verifiable requirements, and conduct trade studies

  • Generate and update specifications as part of a Systems Engineering framework for the purpose of releasing to suppliers and supporting the procurement process

  • Develop design and analysis artifacts to support design reviews, customer deliverables, and hardware procurement workflows

  • Perform heating and cooling calculations to size HVAC equipment

  • Select appropriate HVAC equipment to meet size and system requirements

  • Review and provide comments to supplier-submitted drawings and contractual deliveries

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including: 

  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage 
  • 401k 
  • Educational Assistance 
  • Life Insurance 
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions 
  • Paid Time Off 
  • Health & Wellness Resources 
  • Employee Discounts 

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. 

You'll Bring These Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) and with 2 years of experience; or Master's degree with 0 years of experience

  • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance.

  • Must have the ability to obtain, and maintain access to Special Access Programs (SAP)  as a condition of continued employment.

  • Must be proficient with Microsoft Office tools - PowerPoint, Excel, Word

  • Ability to understand and interpret requirements

  • Must be able to work independently, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction

These Qualifications Would Be Nice to Have:

  • Experience with Environmental Control Systems (ECS) and Heating, Ventilation, and Air conditioning (HVAC) system design and verification

  • Experience with Carrier HAP, NX, and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software

  • Familiarity with Systems Engineering and Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) processes

  • Professional Engineer (PE) license

  • Experience with estimation, bidding, proposals, or RFPs

Primary Level Salary Range: $70,200.00 - $105,400.00

The 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 responsibil

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