Electro-mechanical Components Engineer

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An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Spacecraft Components is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

Learn more about Spacecraft Components at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/

We are looking for an Electro-mechanical Components Engineer to support our Northrop Grumman facilities in Oxnard/Goleta CA. (% allocation varying throughout year based on site project goals/needs). The Electro-mechanical Components Engineer will support the design and fabrication of solar arrays and deployable mechanical systems on a large variety of commercial and military programs through deriving requirements for release devices, motors, actuators, telemeters, and electrical interconnect hardware.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Derive requirements for release devices, motors, actuators, telemeters, and electrical interconnect hardware.
• Support the design and fabrication of solar arrays and deployable mechanical systems on a large variety of commercial and military programs.
• Provide electro-mechanical component technical guidance and direction to engineering team in the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of a project.
  • Tasks to include recommending and supporting the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of components for military, science, and commercial space subsystems.
• Deriving requirements for release devices, motors, actuators, telemeters, and electrical interconnect hardware.
• Communicate available component capabilities & limitations to internal and external customers to arrive at best solutions
• Generate drawings & documents including source control drawings
• Applies electrical, electronic and mechanical principles to components and systems, including assembly, analysis, and documentation of results; construction of developmental assemblies, sub-assemblies and components; and quality testing.
• Supports and participates in the design, test, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype electro-mechanical systems.
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into component systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware specifications.
• Recommend and support the selection, qualification, testing, and failure analysis of components for military, science, and commercial space subsystems.
• Use independent, advanced knowledge and ideas to guide the development and implementation of technical solutions to highly complex problems.
• Participate in anomaly resolution by supporting Failure Review Boards (FRB) and providing non-conformance and failure analysis assessments.
• Review and approve analysis and engineering drawings.
• Interact with internal and external customers.
• Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with other disciplines including design, manufacturing, quality, and procurement.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline; 0 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree in a STEM discipline.
• Experience in providing technical guidance and direction to support engineering activities in the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of a project.
• Ability to travel between the Oxnard, CA and Goleta, CA sites and travel to support customers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance is required. (Secret)
• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS degree in Engineering
• 5 years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, or 3 year experience with a Master’s Degree
• Understanding of mechanics including loads and stress calculations, stiffness, strength
• Understanding of electricity and magnetism, including circuits, Ohms Law, power, heat generation/dissipation, inductance, magnetic permeability, insulation, capacitance, ESD & mitigation
• Ability to provide technical communication and coordination with internal and external customers

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This position reports to Oxnard, CA, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Goleta, CA, CA, USA.

Salary Range: $82,400 USD - $123,600 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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. 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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 most positions.