Mechanical Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
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.

Staff Engineer Mechanical, Command & Control Integration Design

Staff-level mechanical engineering position in the Huntsville Hardware Engineering (HHWE) functional department of the Global Command and Control Systems (GC2S) business unit.

This position supports one or more projects performing mechanical design engineering to integrate Command and Control systems into tactical platforms for Department of Defense programs. These projects include air and missile defense command systems, anti-artillery systems, wheeled and armored vehicles, command operations centers, or security and warning systems, as well as associated activities.

This position supports a functional matrixed organization; employee's final program assignment may vary depending on staffing needs.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Leading multi-disciplinary teams developing technical solutions to complex engineering problems, ranging in scale from large subassemblies to entire deliverable products, in an Agile for Hardware development environment.

• Leading mechanical design of parts, assemblies, subsystems, and complete systems, including 3D CAD modeling, drafting/review/revision/release of engineering drawings, selection of components and materials.

• Coordination and management of multi-disciplinary aspects of product design, including mechanical. Structural, cabling, interconnects, power, thermal, EMI/RFI.

• Leading collaboration with other functional areas such as Production, Procurement, Systems Engineering, Quality, and Logistics to facilitate all aspects of product design, integration, and support.

• Serving as primary engineering contact for internal buyers and external vendors to exchange information and facilitate the design, fabrication, delivery, and inspection of particular components or systems.

• Directing or performing system-level, cross-disciplinary analysis of problems, failures, and root causes, and recommending detailed corrective actions.

• Directing and performing engineering analyses, such as weight/center of mass, structural, transportability, or thermal; as well as authoring, reviewing, and/or editing reports documenting them.

• Development and maintenance of bills of material in support of design, production, proposal, or other business activities, including engineering cost estimation.

• Supporting capture/proposal efforts through authoring of white papers, briefings, and proposal technical subsections; production of engineering cost and labor estimates; and other activities.

• Leading the creation, coordination, delivery, and defense of engineering briefings to support internal and external design reviews, including to company management and government customer representatives.

• Managing the preparation and coordination of contract deliverable reports and data packages.

• Mentoring and informally training mid- and senior-level engineers.

Minimum Qualifications:

Staff Mechanical Engineer:

-- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with 12 years' Experience, Masters Degree with 10 years' experience, or PhD with 8 years' experience

• Demonstrated ability to lead design of complex assemblies and subsystems to meet formal system requirements.

• Extensive Experience performing 3D CAD modeling using ANY standard 3D CAD…