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Flight Systems Futures Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer (Top Secret Clearance) 19017

United States-Utah-Roy · Principal · Contract

No sponsorship$112k-$168kDetected 5 hours ago
AvionicsSystems EngineeringMechanical DesignCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.
  • We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.
  • Coordinate mass, interfaces, access, and maintainability across the configuration.

Responsibilities

  • Our team focuses on the design, development, and demonstration of hypersonic re-entry vehicles and advanced payloads, with an emphasis on rapid development and prototyping aligned to specific customer missions.
  • Define and maintain the overall mechanical layout for the vehicle and major subsystems (structures, TPS hardware, mechanisms, payload, avionics packaging).
  • Oversee creation and release of mechanical designs, 3D models, and drawings in collaboration with the design/drafting team.
  • Flow down system requirements into clear mechanical requirements, constraints, and design criteria (environments, loads, clearances, margins, materials).
  • Work with systems engineering to maintain requirements traceability and define mechanical verification methods (analysis, inspection, test).
  • Collaborate with manufacturing and operations to ensure designs are producible, testable, and supportable.
  • Support build and integration on the factory floor (build issues, nonconformance disposition, redlines).
  • Review and approve design work products, ensuring consistency with program standards and best practices.
  • Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.

Nice to have

  • Experience on hypersonic, high-speed, or reentry vehicle programs, or similarly demanding environments (missiles, launch vehicles, spacecraft)
  • Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
  • The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date.
  • However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
  • For our complete EEO 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.
  • Existing Applicants: Need to update your contact information or email address?
  • With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space - our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future.

Compensation

  • Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.
  • $111,700.00 - $167,500.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
  • With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space - our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future.

Company info

  • Need to update your contact information or email address?
  • Once logged in, click on Candidate Home in the upper right corner and scroll to the bottom of that screen to see buttons for: Update Contact information to update your legal name, address, and phone number Edit Account Settings to edit your email address We are a pioneering company.
  • Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible.
  • Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. ***This position is contingent upon contract award*** The Flight Systems Futures operating unit within Strategic Deterrent Systems is seeking highly motivated talent to join a team at the forefront of next-generation hypersonic capabilities.
  • We operate in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment where innovative concepts are matured quickly into credible, testable solutions that address our nation's most demanding strategic deterrence needs.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • or's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field with Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience Must be a US Citizen Active Top Secret clearance at time of application, current and within scope, renewed or ini

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