Sr Principal Engineer Propulsion

Relocation assistance may be available. Travel required up to 25% of the time. Secret clearance required for start; U.S. citizenship required.

About the role

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. 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.

Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join our team at the Elkton, Maryland location to support the Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) business unit.

The Northrop Grumman PS&C facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

Elkton, Maryland is located on the Upper Chesapeake Bay, midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Discover charming small towns, parks with miles of trails, specialty and antique shops, award winning restaurants, and inns. You can hike, bike, camp, bird watch, ride horseback, or drop a fishing line. Five rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the C&D Canal can be explored by boat or by land. Experience panoramic views from Turkey Point Lighthouse on a bluff overlooking the Bay, or from the banks of the C&D Canal where ships from around the globe cruise.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical design of moderately complex advanced propulsion components and functional systems with limited supervision
• Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to the solution of more complex components, structures, and sub-assemblies
• Develop original ideas on preliminary design concepts with other technical groups and make modifications necessary to optimize designs
• Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems
• Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution, communicate milestones and need dates to program leads
• Document results of design activities and release results after review from other engineers
• Make recommendations for improving own work and/or group’s work
• Support test program under project team direction for design, fabrication, integration, and verification
• Support generation and execution of presentation materials for various reviews required throughout the design process
• Work with procurement to ensure hardware and expendables are delivered to enable project execution

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8+ years of experience, or Master’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of experience, or PhD and 4 years of experience
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance (U.S. citizenship required)
• Ability and willingness to travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to lead a multi-disciplinary team through various efforts required to design, fabricate and install multiple subsystems
• Experience with solid propellant propulsion systems
• Current active Security Clearance
• Proficiency with Siemens NX
• Proficiency with Siemens Teamcenter United Architecture
• Ability to interpret and apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Knowledgeable in systems engineering approach to ensure program requirements are met
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM) maintaining budgetary and schedule compliance, while ensuring technical quality
• Familiar with proactive risk management techniques, such as risk registers and failure modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA)

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 – $203,600.00. Northrop Grumman considers factors including scope and responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and current market conditions when determining base salary offers. Additional compensation may include overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and annual bonuses based on individual and company performance. Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.