Staff Principal Structural Engineer
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content.
We need to parse the job posting.
Content:
- Relocation assistance may be available
- Clearance required for start: Yes
- Clearance type: Secret
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description paragraph: At Northrop Grumman... (the paragraph about company culture). Then: "Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Structural Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Iuka, MS."
Then bullet-like sentences: "Candidate should be proficient in classical static strength hand analysis, Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) analysis, and finite element modeling and analysis for discrepant detail parts and assemblies fabricated from metal and composite materials. Should be able to develop and document detailed structural analyses in support of aircraft repairs including but not limited to free body diagrams, internal or external loading, shear and moment diagrams, and calculation of internal stresses. Analyses will be in support of Material Review Board (MRB), and Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP). Aircraft structural design criteria, and nonstandard repair and equivalent strength analysis background is a plus. Candidate must be able to collaborate in a team environment, mentor less experienced personnel, prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish the project result, prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously, comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions. Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution System/ MES, and a Northrop Grumman MRB EN/ST signature is a plus."
Then "Basic Qualifications Staff Engineer: ..." list of qualifications.
Then "Preferred Qualifications ..."
Then "Primary Level Salary Range: $144,900.00 - $217,300.00" plus explanation.
Then benefits paragraph: "In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business."
Also mention: "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."
Also mention: "The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates." This is application instruction? Might be considered boilerplate; we should remove application instructions. The instruction says: remove application instructions. So we should drop that sentence.
Also remove EEO boilerplate, legal, etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
We need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (maybe description paragraph about company and role location)
- Responsibilities (list of duties: develop and document detailed structural analyses, support MRB, ASIP, etc.)
- Requirements (basic qualifications)
- Qualifications (maybe preferred qualifications)
- Skills (maybe list of proficiencies: classical static strength hand analysis, DaDT, FEM, etc.)
- Benefits (benefits paragraph)
- Pay (salary range)
- Schedule (maybe travel %? Travel is 10% of time; could be schedule? Or we could put travel under Schedule? The instruction says use Schedule heading only if posting actually states schedule. Travel is not schedule but maybe we can include under Schedule? Not sure. The posting does not mention work schedule (e.g., full-time, shift). Travel is 10% of time; could be considered schedule? Might be better to include under a separate section like "Travel" but we don't have that heading allowed. The allowed headings are only those listed. So we could put travel info under Schedule? Not ideal but maybe acceptable. However we could also omit Schedule section if no explicit schedule (like hours). The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." Travel is not schedule; schedule would be like "Full-time", "Shift work". Not present. So we should not create Schedule section.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to ensure we don't repeat job title as heading.
We need to use for each section heading.
Inside sections, use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail.
We need to remove boilerplate: relocation assistance, clearance required, clearance type, travel? Travel is substantive? It's a detail about travel requirement; we should keep it. Where to put? Could be under Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Travel" but not allowed. Could embed in Responsibilities as a bullet: "Travel: Yes, 10% of the time". Or we could put under About the role as a note. Probably better to include under Responsibilities as a bullet.
Relocation assistance may be available: also substantive; could be under Benefits? Actually relocation assistance is a benefit. Could be under Benefits.
Clearance required for start: Yes; clearance type Secret; also maybe under Requirements (clearance). Could be a bullet under Requirements.
We need to preserve all.
Let's extract details:
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- Clearance required for start: Yes.
- Clearance type: Secret.
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time.
Description paragraph: 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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Structural Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Iuka, MS.
That's about the role and location.
Responsibilities (duties):
- Candidate should be proficient in classical static strength hand analysis, Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) analysis, and finite element modeling and analysis for discrepant detail parts and assemblies fabricated from metal and composite materials.
- Should be able to develop and document detailed structural analyses in support of aircraft repairs including but not limited to free body diagrams, internal or external loading, shear and moment diagrams, and calculation of internal stresses.
- Analyses will be in support of Material Review Board (MRB), and Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP).
- Aircraft structural design criteria, and nonstandard repair and equivalent strength analysis background is a plus.
- Candidate must be able to collaborate in a team environment, mentor less experienced personnel, prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish the project result, prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously, comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions.
- Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution System/ MES, and a Northrop Grumman MRB EN/ST signature is a plus.
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.
Requirements (basic qualifications):
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with minimum 12 years’ experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with minimum 10 years' experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis OR PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with minimum 8 years' experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis.
- Experience in bonded composite OR metallic structural analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures.
- Experience with finite element analysis.
- Proficiency in structural analysis methods and documentation, including hand-sheet analysis and large Finite Element Model manipulation.
- Experience with MRB related activities.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Engineering (ME/AE) with minimum of 9 years of experience in structural analysis.
- Experience working on an ASIP managed platform.
- Experience with crack growth software-AFGROW.
- Familiarity with FEMAP/NX Nastran.
- Experience with the development of dispositions for Airframe discrepancies.
- Experience with performing repairs on primary structure made of composite materials.
- Active DoD secret clearance or above.
Skills (maybe we can list proficiencies: classical static strength hand analysis, DaDT, FEM, hand-sheet analysis, large FEM manipulation, MRB activities, etc.) But we already have many in responsibilities and qualifications. Could create a Skills section summarizing technical skills: classical static strength hand analysis, Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) analysis, finite element modeling and analysis, hand-sheet analysis, large Finite Element Model manipulation, MRB activities, etc. However we risk duplication. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we create a Skills section, we need to ensure we are not omitting any detail from elsewhere. We could keep the details in Responsibilities and Requirements and not have a separate Skills section; that's fine. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might omit Skills if not needed.
Benefits:
- Relocation assistance may be available.
- In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
- 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.
Pay:
- Primary Level Salary Range: $144,900.00 - $217,300.00
- The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
We should keep that prose.
We should not include application period or EEO statements.
Now construct HTML.
We need
headings.
Let's decide order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Preferred Qualifications (maybe Qualifications), Benefits, Pay.
We could combine Requirements and Preferred Qualifications under a single "Qualifications" section with subheadings? But we only allowed for section headings; we could have nested headings? Not specified. Better to have separate sections: Requirements (Basic Qualifications) and Preferred Qualifications.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Pay.
Check if any content missing: Travel and relocation assistance and clearance are included.
Now produce HTML.
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Let's craft.
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Pay:
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for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove boilerplate: relocation assistance, clearance required, clearance type, travel? Travel is substantive? It's a detail about travel requirement; we should keep it. Where to put? Could be under Responsibilities or maybe a separate section like "Travel" but not allowed. Could embed in Responsibilities as a bullet: "Travel: Yes, 10% of the time". Or we could put under About the role as a note. Probably better to include under Responsibilities as a bullet. Relocation assistance may be available: also substantive; could be under Benefits? Actually relocation assistance is a benefit. Could be under Benefits. Clearance required for start: Yes; clearance type Secret; also maybe under Requirements (clearance). Could be a bullet under Requirements. We need to preserve all. Let's extract details: - Relocation assistance may be available. - Clearance required for start: Yes. - Clearance type: Secret. - Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time. Description paragraph: 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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Staff Structural Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals located in Iuka, MS. That's about the role and location. Responsibilities (duties): - Candidate should be proficient in classical static strength hand analysis, Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) analysis, and finite element modeling and analysis for discrepant detail parts and assemblies fabricated from metal and composite materials. - Should be able to develop and document detailed structural analyses in support of aircraft repairs including but not limited to free body diagrams, internal or external loading, shear and moment diagrams, and calculation of internal stresses. - Analyses will be in support of Material Review Board (MRB), and Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP). - Aircraft structural design criteria, and nonstandard repair and equivalent strength analysis background is a plus. - Candidate must be able to collaborate in a team environment, mentor less experienced personnel, prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish the project result, prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously, comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions. - Knowledge of Manufacturing Execution System/ MES, and a Northrop Grumman MRB EN/ST signature is a plus. - Travel: Yes, 10% of the time. Requirements (basic qualifications): - Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with minimum 12 years’ experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis OR Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with minimum 10 years' experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis OR PhD in a STEM discipline from an accredited university with minimum 8 years' experience to include a background in aerospace structural analysis. - Experience in bonded composite OR metallic structural analysis of primary and secondary aircraft structures. - Experience with finite element analysis. - Proficiency in structural analysis methods and documentation, including hand-sheet analysis and large Finite Element Model manipulation. - Experience with MRB related activities. - Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance. - Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance. Preferred Qualifications: - Master's degree in Engineering (ME/AE) with minimum of 9 years of experience in structural analysis. - Experience working on an ASIP managed platform. - Experience with crack growth software-AFGROW. - Familiarity with FEMAP/NX Nastran. - Experience with the development of dispositions for Airframe discrepancies. - Experience with performing repairs on primary structure made of composite materials. - Active DoD secret clearance or above. Skills (maybe we can list proficiencies: classical static strength hand analysis, DaDT, FEM, hand-sheet analysis, large FEM manipulation, MRB activities, etc.) But we already have many in responsibilities and qualifications. Could create a Skills section summarizing technical skills: classical static strength hand analysis, Durability and Damage Tolerance (DaDT) analysis, finite element modeling and analysis, hand-sheet analysis, large Finite Element Model manipulation, MRB activities, etc. However we risk duplication. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. If we create a Skills section, we need to ensure we are not omitting any detail from elsewhere. We could keep the details in Responsibilities and Requirements and not have a separate Skills section; that's fine. The instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we might omit Skills if not needed. Benefits: - Relocation assistance may be available. - In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business. - 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. Pay: - Primary Level Salary Range: $144,900.00 - $217,300.00 - The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. We should keep that prose. We should not include application period or EEO statements. Now construct HTML. We need
headings. Let's decide order: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Preferred Qualifications (maybe Qualifications), Benefits, Pay. We could combine Requirements and Preferred Qualifications under a single "Qualifications" section with subheadings? But we only allowed
for section headings; we could have nested headings? Not specified. Better to have separate sections: Requirements (Basic Qualifications) and Preferred Qualifications. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Preferred Qualifications, Benefits, Pay. Check if any content missing: Travel and relocation assistance and clearance are included. Now produce HTML. We need to wrap lists in
- . For prose, use
. Let's craft. About the role: combine description paragraph and location. We'll have a
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- . Include clearance bullets. Preferred Qualifications: list each as
- . Benefits: list each benefit as
- . Include relocation assistance, benefits paragraph, overtime etc., annual bonuses, long term incentives.
Pay:
with salary range and explanatory sentence. Make sure
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