Senior Principal Electronics Durability Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

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 the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Senior Principal Electronics Durability Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD.

What You’ll Get to Do:

The durability analysis team supports programs across the sector, including the airborne, ground mobile, ground stationary, and surface based naval applications, and across a variety of length scales ranging from ECS systems, sensor and radar systems, chassis, CCAs, and device levels.

• Perform electronics durability analysis, requiring experience in thermal or structural analysis and expertise in fatigue driven design for Mission Systems platforms such as airborne, ground based, and naval applications

• Lead durability analysis efforts by owning requirements, proactively obtaining multidisciplinary analysis inputs, and providing programs with robust fatigue mitigation plans, while mentoring engineers less experienced in durability analysis

• Provide oral and written presentations and reports to internal and external customers and stakeholders

This position is contingent upon the ability to obtain an active DoD Secret Clearance or the successful transfer of an active DoD Secret Clearance prior to start.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree with 8 years of experience, Master’s Degree with 6 years of experience, Ph.D. with 4 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields.

• U.S Citizenship is required

• The ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret clearance

• The ability to work onsite daily at the Linthicum, MD/Baltimore facility.

• Demonstrated experience in electronics design, with a focus on solder joint durability analysis for products in challenging and diverse environments.

• Minimum of 6 years of expertise in design by analysis with a Computer Aided Engineering software package

• Demonstrated application of durability analysis principles to challenging fatigue problems experienced by advanced electronic and avionics systems.

• Demonstrated understanding of component level design mitigation when encountering durability life challenges.

• Experience presenting to internal and external program stakeholders and authoring contract deliverable reports.

• Minimum of 2 years of engineering team leadership including leading, mentoring, and reviewing work for small teams to achieve hardware design milestones.

• Experiencing managing competing deadlines and coordinating data from multiple functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher

• Advanced Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering

• Minimum of 2 years of experience performing engineering analysis utilizing Matlab or similar software.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience analyzing and advising programs on electronics production quality nonconformances, field events, or DMS redesigns.

• Demonstrated understanding of component CTE measurement practices and Steinberg’s method for vibration analysis o