Mechanical Engineer/ Principal Mechanical Engineer- Active Clearance Required

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Mechanical Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Vehicle Engineering organization.  This role is required to be on site in El Segundo, CA.

The selected candidate should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaborative/team settings across all levels. In this role, you will be responsible for collaborating across a multi-disciplinary team of engineers responsible for developing, modifying, and maintaining aircraft design configurations using current engineering practices and standards.  Responsibilities for the role include conceptual design, preliminary / layout, and detail design, drawing release, design review presentations, and support to fabrication.  The selected candidate must be a self-starter capable of flourishing in an environment with minimal direction.  The candidate will need to have excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Candidate will perform design related tasks utilizing the NX and Teamcenter tool suite.

• Candidate will be responsible for integration of subsystems components and structural configurations into various types of aircraft applications.

• Candidate will be responsible for coordinating and collaborating with relevant stakeholders to ensure robust and maintainable configurations are produced.

• Candidate will be required to perform GD&T activities associated with producing and manufacturing of designs.

• Candidate will attend internal program, customer and/or supplier technical exchange meetings and/or formal program milestone reviews to provide and/or obtain progress status updates.

Additional responsibilities could also include leading work packages, interfacing with customers, providing technical support to other disciplines, providing proposal technical inputs, cost estimating, and meeting schedule and cost commitments. The candidate will be required to coordinate with other engineering disciplines for inputs and design implementation.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications Engineer Mechanical:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 2 years of related professional/military experience in mechanical/aerospace engineering; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 0 years of related professional/military experience in mechanical/aerospace engineering.

• The ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret clearance or higher.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Access Programs (SAP).

• Experience with aircraft design concepts and industry standard modeling software.

Basic Qualifications Principal Engineer Mechanical:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 5 years of related professional/military experience in mechanical/aerospace engineering; OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university AND 3 years of related professional/military experience in mechanical/aerospace engineering.

• The ability to obtain and maintain an active DoD Secret clearance or higher.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Access Programs (SAP).

• Experience with aircraft design concepts and industry standard modeling software.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing aircraft primary and secondary structures.

• Experience with NX CAD software and Teamcenter PLM.

• Experience with advanced manufacturing processes.

• Participation in multiple design and analysis cycles in aircraft development programs.

• Experience working on Special Access Programs.

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