Principal / Sr. Principal Electro Mechanical Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Polygraph

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 Space Systems, Payload and Ground Systems (PGSD) Division continues its’ mission to push the boundaries of possible across space systems. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. 

Northrop Grumman PGSD is seeking a motivated Mechanical Engineer to join our high-performance team in the Remote Sensing Program (RSP) Business Unit in Linthicum, MD.

 

The ideal candidate will support development, design, fabrication, and test of various space sensor hardware work products across different program efforts.  The qualified candidate will work with a diverse and talented team of engineers developing innovative and cost-effective systems that support a broad range of products and business areas across the lifecycle of a program.  The candidate will support the design of space hardware and specifically support the mechanical development of micro-circuit technology. The micro-circuit technology will support equipment for antennas, electro-optical sensors, and supporting electronics chassis assemblies such as processors and receivers. The candidate will specifically be involved with micro-electronic devices that are used on tile sensor assemblies as well as circuit card assemblies. The role will also provide an opportunity to be involved with proposals of new space sensors designs and development of payload sensor components that comply with a multitude of customer mechanical requirements. 

 

This position is targeted for micro-circuit development; however, the candidate will have exposure to broader aspects of the overall sensor and system design. A candidate applying to the position would benefit from having prior experience supporting micro-electronic designs, designing for the consideration of space environments, and specifically pieces of the space sensors such as tile assembly development.  This position will report to the Electro-Mechanical Design manager of the Mechanical Systems Technology Department within Hardware Engineering. Minimal travel is expected.

  

Roles and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the mechanical development of advanced micro-circuit design as well as the assemblies that they support.  (Ex. RF Tile Assemblies)

• Responsible for the development of microcircuit advancements that are funded by internal NGC IRAD

• Understanding of all aspects of hardware development. This will encompass all phases of design, including concept and detailed design development, CAD modeling efforts, documentation release, fabrication, integration, factory support and testing

• Responsible for understanding technical performance of mechanical requirements of space program microcircuit hardware or subsystems (tile assemblies) of major satellite programs to assure cost, schedule and technical performance is achieved

• Understand the integration and test process of space hardware and the special tooling that may be required

• Present technical solutions and technical data at milestone reviews

• Understand space environments and impact to space hardware

• Research and develop procedures, methods, and tools for further the development of micro-circuit technology.  This also includes space hardware conformance to documented and derived system requirements

• Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective action