Crew & Equipment Design Engineer; Level 2 and Level 3

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available. CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret. TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Crew & Equipment Design Engineer or Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This role will be located in Melbourne, FL.

In this role, you will be responsible for developing, modifying, and maintaining aircraft Crew & Equipment design configurations using current engineering practices and standards.

Note: This opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

• Crew Systems/Cockpit design and and/or Equipment Integration associated with one or more of the following areas:
• Escape Systems
• Transparencies and Canopies
• Cockpit Furnishings, Interiors, and Lighting
• Pilot Controls and Displays
• Operator workstations, consoles, displays, and equipment racks
• Aircraft Secondary Structure

• Overall cockpit and workstation layouts, including integration of human factor aspects
• Develop mockups, and simulators
• Perform trade studies, determine results and conclusions, and make recommendations
• Identify and Manage Risks, Issues and Opportunities
• Perform design related tasks utilizing the NX and Teamcenter tool suite, including integrating components into various types of aircraft applications, coordinating and collaborating with relevant stakeholder to ensure robust and maintainable configurations are produced, and applying GD&T requirements to models to ensure producibility and manufacturability of designs.

The successful candidate will be a self-starter, well-organized with good problem-solving skills, able to perform effectively despite concurrent work tasks and will possess strong communication, leadership, team coordination and mentoring skills. The successful candidate will also thrive in an aircraft development design environment and be able to react and quickly adapt to changes in aircraft configuration.

This role may be filled as a Crew & Equipment Design Engineer or Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer based on the qualifications outlined below.

• Crew & Equipment Design Engineer : Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of engineering experience OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of engineering experience
• Principal Crew & Equipment Design Engineer : Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of engineering experience OR Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of engineering experience OR PhD and 1 year of engineering experience
• Prior experience with aircraft crew/cockpit design, interiors, or mission equipment/hardware integration
• Prior experience with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software applications
• Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related discipline
• Familiarity with NX CAD software and Teamcenter PLM
• Familiarity with NX Human Modeling
• Cockpit flight controls, crew accommodations, mission systems and subsystems interfaces
• Familiarity with JPATS 1-8 aircrew anthropometric sizes
• Familiarity with aircraft rack design, shock isolation, COTS equipment integration, and mission line replaceable unit (LRU) mounting/integration
• Familiarity with implementing design/integration considerations associated with size, weight, power, and cooling requirements for aircraft equipment
• Experience with the military airworthiness certification process using MIL-HDBK-516
• Experience interpreting component detail drawings, specifications, installation drawings, and test procedures
• Leading and mentoring

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Primary Level Salary Range: $77,200.00 - $
Secondary Level Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $

The above salary range represents a general…