Principal Engineer / Sr. Principal Engineer - Structural Design

About the role

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Engineer Structural Design or Senior Principal Engineer Structural Design. The position is available in Oklahoma City, Palmdale, CA, or Whiteman AFB, MO.

Responsibilities

• Work in a high-paced team environment to support program goals and schedule.
• Develop solutions to difficult problems that are thorough, imaginative, practical, and consistent with program objectives.
• Evaluate as-built products for conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications.
• Communicate and coordinate with other disciplines during the development of design solutions.
• Present and explain structural issues and solutions to internal management and customer representatives concisely.
• Utilize computer-aided design (CAD) equipment and technical applications such as CATIA and Teamcenter.
• Develop layouts, sketches, and blueprints and investigate design factors such as damage tolerance, durability, design allowables, and structural modeling.
• Identify design errors or deficiencies and make recommendations for changes.

Requirements

• Principal Engineer level: Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an MS degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience.
• Senior Principal Engineer level: Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an MS degree in STEM with 6 years of related experience OR a PhD in STEM and 0 years of related experience.
• This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance as well as Program Special Access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Experience in the design of bonded composite primary and secondary aircraft structures.
• High level of proficiency using Unigraphics Nx or CATIA V5 in the development of aircraft structures and components.

Qualifications

• Active in-scope Secret or Top Secret clearance (last investigation within 5 years).
• Experience working on Special Access Programs.
• Experience working on military aircraft.
• 5 years or more aerospace structural design experience using CATIA.

Skills

• Proficiency in CAD software (Unigraphics Nx or CATIA V5).
• Experience in aerospace structural design.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $0.00 - $0.00

Schedule

Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time