Mass Property Analyst-Material Process Engineer Mechanical 2/3 (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 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 AW sector is hiring a Mass Properties Engineer. This person will have major responsibilities with partial Material Process (M&P) Engineer and opportunity to join our Mechanical Engineering team of qualified, diverse individuals in located in Northridge, CA.

This position mainly performs mass properties functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, and mass properties requirements allocation studies to translate customer, product or derived mass properties requirements into hardware and software specification requirements. Analyzes, researches and tests system hardware and conditions for optimal mass properties system solutions. Tools utilized may include solid modeling tools, database tools and standard office applications.

This individual will contribute to the Mass Properties team supporting the achievement of program requirements. Specific responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting the implementation of a Mass Properties Management and Control Program

• Accurate estimating and optimizing of mass properties to achieve vehicle performance and fulfill weight based program metrics

• Establishing specification and design target weights

• Support the maintenance of the Mass Properties accounting and reporting systems to inform the customer and management of current and projected mass properties trends

• Providing mass properties data for cost analyses and vehicle design and analysis

• Evaluating subcontractor proposals, interacting with and overseeing subcontractor mass properties management and control

• Reviewing drawings to achieve mass properties management and control

• Measuring/weighing vehicle and/or components to increase vehicle weight estimate accuracy

• Providing mass properties data in support of operational flight manual

• Performs root cause analysis of material failures, provides effective solutions to production sealants & coatings issues OR metallics issues

• Generates test plans & reports

• Analyzes, researches, designs and develops materials and their related fabrication and application processes to develop and optimize materials for use in engineering design of and/or application in structures, systems and subsystems

• Applies principles of chemistry, physics, and material behavior to develop non-metallic processing specifications, fabrication and assembly processes OR metallic processing specifications, fabrication and associated assembly processes

• Develops, analyzes and applies material properties and design allowables, processing processes and quality engineering specifications

• Material analyses may include failure analysis of components, systems and subsystems, life predictions, and definition and requirement specifications

• Perform drawing reviews to ensure M&P requirements are satisfied

• May review and approve subcontractor material processing procedures

• May tr