Sr Principal Electromechanical Engineer (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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 Advanced Weapons has an opening for an Electromechanical Engineer Level 4 with an active clearance, to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals that will support our SiAW new air-to-ground missile program.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Northridge, CA. Relocation assistance, while not guaranteed, may be available.

Candidates will validate and implement design changes utilizing CAD software and PLM. The ideal candidate will be comfortable seeing a project from initial concept to production release with minimal supervision. Responsibilities include thorough review of cable designs and drawings, hands on cable build support including background for design for manufacturing. 3D modeling, drafting, and completion of change documentation. In addition, supporting as a design checker for engineering drawings.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop cable harnesses for flight hardware and special test equipment.
• Design Checker for engineering drawings
• Select and integrate COTS hardware such as connectors, wires, electronics, enclosures and MIL-spec components.
• Design test racks and fixtures for use in production and validation environments.
• Utilize CAD software for 3D modeling, cabling design, CCA envelopes, and drafting.
• Create and maintain engineering drawings, change papers, and other associated documentation in compliance with ASME Y14.100, Y14.5, and Model-Based Definition (MBD).
• Collaborate with suppliers, production, testing, electrical, systems, and quality teams to troubleshoot design and manufacturing issues.

Job Characteristics

• Apply advanced technical principles, theories, and concepts. Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts
• Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated. Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior.
• Develops advanced technological ideas and guides their development into a final product. Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve critical organizational objectives and affect the image of the organization’s technological capability.
• Serves as an organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs. Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.

Basic qualifications Sr Principal Electromechanical Engineer (T4):

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering AND a minimum of eight (8) years Mechanical and/or Electrical Design experience using CAD software OR a Master's Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering AND a minimum of six (6) years’ Mechanical experience using CAD software.
• Experience with the following items:
• Cable harness design
• Experience with electro-mechanical components and integration into systems.
• Experience leading technical teams
• Familiarity with ASME Y14.5-2009 standards
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance or the ability to obtain one.

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong familiarity with MIL-spec and industry standard components for aerospace and defense applications.
• 3-5 years designing and documenting cable harnesses, electronic enclosures, and test racks with COTS hardware.
• Proficiency in creating envelope drawings for CCA design and development.
• Experience with Model-Based De