Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical

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.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. 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. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

The Mechanical Engineering group is hiring for a Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical professional at our Chandler, AZ location. 

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for managing technical, schedule, cost, while supporting their program team. This includes identifying and addressing program risks to ensure launch success, facilitating technical solutions based on heritage and similar vehicles, and tracking the program schedule. Candidate will utilize thorough knowledge of launch vehicle mechanical design and integration activities
• Lead by example, ensure proper cross-training of the team, and make sure the team understands the requirements of the Program and how they relate to the individual tasks that are being assigned to the team. This also includes having periodic meetings with the team to review the ME performance relative to the Program schedule
• With minimal guidance, perform analysis, design, or test of one or more complex materials, structural components or functional systems. Conduct trade studies and evaluate alternative designs
• Based on broadly defined problems, study basic design concepts and criteria for complex materials, components, or functional systems and applies the engineering principles involved to develop new designs
• Anticipate customer needs and finds innovative ways to provide for those needs
• Originate and develop constructive ideas. Consistently look for ways to modify or change existing methods or processes to improve outcomes
• Perform highly complex engineering design, development, analysis, and test activities to support assigned projects
• Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution; Analyze project requirements and develop detailed planning, conceptual designs, and risk analysis
• Interact with internal and external customers; Assist the customer in defining system requirements and in the generation of specifications for products or sub systems
• Provide technical guidance and direction to engineering team in the design, test, production and maintenance phases of a project
• Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers
• Support new business and prepare proposal material

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 7 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US DoD Secret Security clearance
• Launch campaign field support is required at remote site
• Ability to travel 10% as required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience supporting integration / testing of flight hardware and oversight of technician work tasking
• Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering degree
• Active US DoD Secret Security clearance, or higher

Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers su