Principal Aeronautical Engineer or Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics)

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced aerodynamics engineer to join our team in analyzing aerodynamic stores integration and Air Vehicle aerodynamics. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerodynamics and a passion for developing innovative solutions to improve flight performance.

Responsibilities

• Perform aerodynamic characterization efforts utilizing analytical methods
• Perform analytical stores trajectory and separation analyses
• Provide technical analysis data for data reports and other Airworthiness artifacts required to support flight clearances and certification
• Support execution of wind tunnel test events including two-body separation tests
• Support ground and flight test events, acquisition, and analysis of test data
• Create innovative solutions to a variety of technical challenges of increasing scope and complexity
• Work closely with other disciplines including Configuration, Aerodynamics, S&RE, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Mechanisms, etc.
• Utilize excellent communication skills to report program milestones, technical approaches, and findings to leads, program management, and customer

Requirements

• For Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics): Bachelor of Science (BS) in a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of relevant engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a related STEM discipline with 3 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a PhD in a related STEM discipline with 1 year of relevant engineering experience.
• For Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Stores Aerodynamics): Bachelor of Science (BS) in a related Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 8 years of relevant engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) in a related STEM discipline with 6 years of relevant engineering experience; OR a PhD in a related STEM discipline with 3 years of relevant engineering experience.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of fixed-wing aircraft aerodynamics
• Experience with using aerodynamic tools and techniques
• Experience using MATLAB to create, process, analyze, and visually represent data
• The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with generating aerodynamic databases for 6-DOF simulation
• Experience in conducting 6-DOF stores trajectory and separation analyses
• Experience with onsite support of wind tunnel testing and data acquisition systems
• Experience in supporting ground and flight test events and analyzing collected data
• Experience with DOD safety board processes for store separation
• Fortran, C/C++ and/or Python programming skills

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $114,000.00 - $171,000.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,400.00