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Sr. Staff Mechanical Engineer ID 15299

Northrop Grumman
COCO05, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Sept 2025
💰 $212,000/yr($141,400/yr$212,000/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 Defense Systems is seeking a Sr. Staff Mechanical Engineer. This position is located in Colorado Springs, CO and supports the Sentinel program. 

What You’ll Get To Do: 

  • Support mechanical design oversite for mechanical models and drawings (including compliance with industry and program standards) 

  • Apply the principles of engineering to design components and systems using applicable standards and specifications. 

  • Participate in technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for mechanical, electrical and integrated systems 

  • Perform requirements analysis, develop source data for requirements, generate test requirements and prepare test reports 

  • Verify specifications and designs through modeling and simulation, data processing, and performance analysis 

  • Support all phases of the systems lifecycle including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal 

  • Review customer deliverables, with a special focus on mechanical designs, testing, and requirements verification 

  • Maintain design documentation and follow configuration management requirements 

  • Develop Basis of Estimates (BOEs) for the systems engineering function. 

  • Interface with AF customer and Subcontractor.  

 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space 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. 

 

Job Qualifications:  

You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 

Staff Mechanical Engineer 

  • Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 14 years of experience, or 12 years of experience with a Master's de

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