Northrop Grumman
Principal Engineer Mechanical/Sr. Principal Engineer Mechanical-18780
This position will support the Sentinel Program's Command Systems Hardware Design Integration team. This position will join a team of Mechanical, Electrical and Hardware Integration engineers to design hardware systems and components. This position will apply ASME standard processes and procedures to identify, design, and procure electrical and mechanical hardware. This position will support design of integrated assemblies in accordance with decomposed requirements, compliance documents, and architecture diagrams in order to support the Sentinel critical design review campaign.
This position will assist in trade studies, Analysis of Alternatives, and create design artifacts to include 3-dimensional models and product data packages which will be documented and released using Siemens- based Product Lifecycle Management (CPLM) and modeling (NX) tools. This position will be required to operate in and capture inputs from a multi-disciplinary engineering environment consisting of Systems, Software, Design, Compliance, and Hardware engineers.
This position can be tailored to both Principal Engineer and Sr. Principal Engineer levels
Basic Qualifications:
Principal Engineer Mechanical: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD
Senior Principal Engineer Mechanical: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
Must have U.S. Citizenship with a current or active Secret level clearance reviewed or re investigated within the past six (6) years.
Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
Experience performing CAD modeling with design tools such as Siemens NX or similar
Working knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Word, Excel, Power Point, and Engineering Scheduling tools and applications.
Experience resolving issues and providing technical support
Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience deriving hardware-level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements
Experience designing and generating control drawings and assemblies of systems using commercially-sourced hardware components
Experience developing hardware design materials in support of program design reviews for review with team technical leads and program stakeholders
Experience conducting design reviews as the design author and briefing solution designs to program leadership and stakeholders for release into product baseline
Understanding of structural analysis concerns as applied to designing mechanical systems
TeamCenter CPLM experience
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