Principal Engineer Manufacturing (Swing/Grave)

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for you to join our team as a Principal Test Facility Engineer (Swing/Grave) based out of Sunnyvale, CA.

What you’ll get to do:

• Perform life cycle and root cause failure analysis of steam facility equipment, including boilers, cooling towers, condensers, and other high temperature and pressure systems.

• Research, plan, design and develop new systems and operating profiles to increase test facility efficiency.

• Perform thermal and heat transfer analysis on various test facility systems and components. -

• Support testing of main propulsion and power generation equipment.

• Prepare technical reports and present to Test Facility Engineering Management.

• Prepare proposals, statement of work, project planning and coordinate operator/contractor work assignments.

• Responsible for Test Facility Operational Procedures to ensure safe operations and technical accuracy.

• Maintain and develop preventative maintenance procedures and corrective maintenance planning for overhaul and repair of systems and components.

• Develop and maintain program specific Pre and Post Test checklists.

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Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) and a minimum of 5 years of mechanical and/or electrical engineering work experience; Master’s Degree and a minimum of 3 years of mechanical and/or electrical engineering work experience.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.

• Proven Competency in the operation of propulsion and power plant machinery; Fluid and Thermodynamic Systems experience.

• Project Management Acuity and MS Office competency.

• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM in Mechanical Engineering.

• Test Facility and/or Power Generation/Chemical Facility operational experience.

• FEA modeling experience.

• Design Software Acuity (AutoCAD, Cero, Solidworks or equivalent).

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.