Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Mechanical

About the role

At Northrop Grumman, our employees work on revolutionary systems that impact lives worldwide. This Principal Mechanical Engineer / Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer position is located in Roy, UT and is contingent upon contract award. Relocation assistance may be available. A U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance is required for start, with ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval. Travel is expected, approximately 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of Mechanical, Electrical and Hardware Integration engineers to design hardware systems and components, and support the Sentinel Program's Command Systems team.
• Apply ASME standard processes and procedures to identify, design, and procure electrical and mechanical hardware.
• Support design of integrated assemblies in accordance with decomposed requirements, compliance documents, and architecture diagrams to support the Sentinel critical design review campaign.
• Assist in trade studies, Analysis of Alternatives, and create design artifacts including 3‑dimensional models and product definition packages, documented and released using Siemens‑based PLM (NX) tools.
• Operate in and capture inputs from a multi‑disciplinary engineering environment consisting of Systems, Software, Design, Compliance, and Hardware engineers.

Requirements

• Active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application (current and within scope).
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period as determined by the company.
• Experience performing CAD modeling with design tools such as Siemens NX or similar.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Engineering Scheduling tools and applications.
• Experience resolving issues and providing technical support.
• Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.

Qualifications

• Principal Mechanical Engineer: 5 years with Bachelors in Science; 3 years with Masters; 1 year with PhD.
• Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer: 8 years with Bachelors in Science; 6 years with Masters; 4 years with PhD.

Skills

• Experience deriving hardware‑level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements.
• Experience designing and generating control drawings and assemblies of systems using commercially‑sourced hardware components.
• Experience developing hardware design materials in support of program design reviews for review with team technical leads and program stakeholders.
• Experience conducting design reviews as the design author and briefing solution designs to program leadership and stakeholders for release into product baseline.
• Understanding of structural analysis concerns as applied to designing mechanical systems.
• TeamCenter CPLM experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses rewarding individual contributions and sharing in company results.
• Long Term Incentives for Vice President or Director positions.

Pay

• Primary Level Salary Range: $89,400.00 – $134,200.00.
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $111,700.00 – $167,500.00.