Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB) or Senior Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB) (2nd Shift)

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB) or Senior Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB).

The successful candidate will be part of a team that provides MRB analysis to support repair and design solutions of flight hardware. This position is located in Clearfield, UT will support a weekday evenings night shift (9/80 schedule).  Typical shift is 5 pm – 2 am but this can be adjusted.

You will be a part of an Integrated Product Team supporting production and new product designs that maximize the use of metallic and composite materials for state of the art commercial and military programs. We collaborate with internal engineering teams and departments to address and resolve issues and ensure the on-time delivery of structures and assemblies to our customers. Our team works with cutting edge exotic materials and novel products to innovate within our mission, working across the facility supporting large composite structures. Are you interested in working on state-of-the-art composites? Come join us!

Essential Functions:

• Provides stress analysis to support dispositions of flight hardware
• Candidate will substantiate repairs for discrepant parts and assemblies fabricated from composite materials.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills are a must. Knowledge of metallic or composite primary and secondary aircraft structures or subsystems.
• Performs finite element modeling of metallic and composite material components
• Static, fatigue, dynamics, damage tolerance and other structural analysis methods are highly desirable

Northrop Grumman provides a comprehensive suite of benefits, and we have won awards for our work-life balance! Business travel is less than 10%.

This role may be filled at either the Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB) or Senior Principal Analysis Engineer (Stress MRB) level. Qualifications for these levels are as follows:

Principal Analysis Engineer:

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field with 3 years of experience; OR a PhD in a STEM field with 0 years of experience.
• Experience with composite and metallic materials including allowables
• Experience with finite element analysis
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance. This clearance must be obtained prior to start and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR). This PAR must be obtained prior to start and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Senior Principal Analysis Engineer

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) with 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in STEM and 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM field with 4 years of relevant experience.
• Experience with composite and metallic materials including allowables
• Experience with finite element analysis
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance. This clearance must be obtained prior to start and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR). This PAR must be obtained prior to start and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

• Practical understanding of composite structures
• Experience with structural repair for composite and metallic structures
• Experience with finite element software such as Femap, Nastran, Abaqus.
• General understanding of Aerospace practices, policies, and procedures
• Detail orientated, self-starter, ability to work both independently and in a team environment
• Experience with material allowable database
• Experience leading engineers in structural analysis
• Active DoD Secret clearance

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