Sentinel Structural/Principal Structural Engineer - 19194 & 19195
About the role
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Structural/Principal Structural Engineer. This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel Programs. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
Responsibilities
- Technical expertise and analytical prowess in loads/dynamics analysis, shock and vibration environment prediction, and comprehensive testing and data evaluation.
- Tackle complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions that advance the future of structural dynamics for the Sentinel Program.
Requirements
- Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
- Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
- Knowledge and/or experience with structural dynamics analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with adjacent disciplines (e.g. systems engineering, aerodynamics, stress analysis, design, test) in a highly integrated team environment.
- Experience in Modal Transient Analysis in Nastran (or equivalent).
- Experience in programming and use of MATLAB (or equivalent) for analysis and data manipulation.
- Experience running static and dynamic structural problems using analytical methods (hand calculations, in-house tools, and 3rd party commercial analytical tools).
- Experience running Coupled Loads Analysis (CLA) and/or experience running multi-body dynamics simulations.
- Experience running modal transient analysis in Nastran (or equivalent).
- Experience with launch vehicle and/or spacecraft vibroacoustic analysis.
Qualifications
- Structural Engineer: 2 Years with Bachelors in Science; 1 year with Masters; Knowledge and/or experience with structural dynamics analysis.
- Principal Structural Engineer: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD; Knowledge and/or experience with structural dynamics analysis.
Skills
- Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering/Structural Mechanics or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent from an accredited college/university.
- Experience working strategic or tactical missile programs.
- Experience with dynamic (modal) testing and correlation of structural models.
- Experience with modern FEA substructure modeling and component mode synthesis methods such as Craig-Bampton sub structuring.
- Experience with high performance computing, management of large sets of data.
- Experience in the planning and execution of vibration, acoustic, modal, and shock tests for aerospace flight hardware.
- Experience with Vibroacoustic tools and/or SEA tools such as Wave6 or VA One.
- Experience with time domain, frequency domain, and/or random vibration analysis.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Education Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
Pay
The primary level salary range is $77,200.00 - $115,800.00 and the secondary level salary range is $95,300.00 - $142,900.00. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
Schedule
The standard work schedule for this position is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.