Engineer Propulsion - Level 4 : Active Secret Clearance Security Clearance

Position: Engineer Propulsion - Level 4 : Active Secret Clearance with Security Clearance
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Yes, 10% of the Time Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. 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. 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.

The Mechanical Engineering Energetics team is hiring an Engineer Propulsion - Level 4 professional at our Chandler, AZ location. This role will support a family of launch vehicles performing various ordnance, pneumatic, hydraulic, and motor analysis & integration activities. This position will generate performance predictions, perform component and system level testing, disposition nonconforming hardware, perform field site integration, post flight data review, and lead anomaly investigations as required.

Essential Functions
* Lead in the performance of hands on test support of pneumatic and hydraulic components and systems through functional and environmental testing

* Perform analysis, design, or test of one or more moderately complex materials (including energetics), structural components, and control systems for propulsion systems

* Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company standards and customer requirements to develop propulsion systems for application in launch vehicles, missile systems, and space mission systems

* Select applicable analytical data from previous products, determine the technical principles involved, mathematically define the problem and compute the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs, and requirements of other portions of the product

* Coordinate strategy for developing and leveraging multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes to support mission requirements. Define and coordinate the conduct of testing required to evaluate design work

* Perform responsible engineer duties leading the Integrated Product Team of a medium sized subcontract coordinating supplier change notifications, non-conformances, hardware acceptance reviews, etc.

* Conduct pre-launch engineering reviews, examining as built vehicle hardware, pre-launch data, assessing flight readiness and working with the flight field teams

* Conduct trade studies and evaluate alternative designs

* Based on broadly defined problems, study basic design concepts and criteria for complex materials, components, or functional systems and applies the engineering principles involved to develop new designs

* Anticipate customer needs and find innovative ways to provide for those needs

* Originate and develop constructive ideas. Consistently look for ways to modify or change existing methods or processes to improve outcomes

* Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution;
Analyze project requirements and develop detailed planning, conceptual designs, and risk analysis

* Interact with internal and external customers;
Assist the customer in defining system requirements and in the generation of specifications for products or sub systems

* Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers

* Support new business and prepare proposal material

* Travel up to 10% of the time to supplier and launch facilities

Basic Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience

* Active US DoD Secret Security clearance, or higher at the time of application

Preferred Qualifications:

* Active US DoD Top Secret security clearance at the time of application

* Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering degree

* Experience with Matlab, and Python

* Environmental testing experience

* Data acquisition equipment operation

* Configuration change management

* Supply Chain Management of Subcontractors

* Presentation of technical data to internal and external customers

* Failure investigation techniques

* Solid Rocket Motor experience

* Previous experience working safely with ordnance and energetics materials Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $ The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary…