Aeronautical Engineer; AHT

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

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.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an experienced Staff Aeronautical Engineer Level 5. This position will be located at our Advanced Weapons Business Unit in Woodland Hills, CA
. This role is onsite and follows a 9/80 schedule.
Hybrid and remote work are not allowed
. A Government issued Secret clearance is required to start
.

We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry.

• Design of primary and secondary missile structures, parts and assemblies, including 3D CAD modeling; 2D drawing preparation, review, revision, and release; selection of components and materials; conduct and support trade studies.
• Employ GD&T and Model Based Engineering (MBE) methods in support of Digital Transformation
• Communicate with suppliers and customers to exchange technical information.
• Coordinate with supply chain regarding design changes, cost reductions, process improvements, and changing suppliers.
• Coordinate with manufacturing regarding design and process improvements, and fixture requirements.
• Collaborate with other functional areas on various aspects of product design/documentation, including procurement, production, logistics and configuration management.
• Hands‑on troubleshooting, inspection, and assembly of parts/subsystems in support of prototyping, production and test.
• Perform tolerance stack up analysis and author reports documenting them.
• Collaborate with analysis teams who are responsible for generating mass properties, structural, thermal and materials/processes reports.
• Create and deliver engineering briefings or reports to support design review activities.
• Track & report task status.
• Assist team to develop/document best practices and mentor less experienced engineers.
• Create and maintain design history files and track design defects, assign priority/severity, ensure design owner assigned, and report on status.
• Resolve NCs and guide team members on NC resolution.

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience
• Experience resolving NCs, creating drawings in accordance with ANSI Y14.5 (GD&T) standards and generating tolerance stack up analysis.
• Experience with the packaging of electronic assemblies.
• Experience creating 3D parametric models using any industry‑standard 3D CAD package such as Creo.
• Experience using any industry‑standard Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Team Center.
• Experience with design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA).
• Experience with the design and installation of primary and secondary air vehicle parts/components and assemblies.
• Knowledge of environmental testing and hardware performance validation, including structural and thermal analysis.
• Experience with designing for EMI sensitive environments.
• Active Government Secret Clearance / and ability to acquire a Special…