Sentinel-Engineer​/Principal Mechanical Engineer

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance required for start:
Yes. Clearance type:
Secret. Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time.

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.

• Incorporates edits and redlines to existing designs.
• Facilitates ingest of supplier drawings into the Sentinel program toolset and workflow.
• Develops basic data and makes preliminary layouts, sketches, and notes necessary to present design proposal.
• Investigates pertinent design factors such as ease of manufacture, availability of materials and equipment, interchangeability, replace ability, strength-weight efficiency, and contractual specification requirements and cost. Coordinates with other organizations affected by design development.
• Makes layouts of complex assemblies and details parts of devices, mechanisms, and structures.
• Checks completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning. Identifies design errors, omissions, and other deficiencies, and recommends revisions and/or improvements in design layout to responsible engineers or designers.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field.
• Minimum of 2 years (level
  2) or 5 years (level
  3) of relevant experience.
• Must have an active Secret clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• Must have at least 1 year of experience in generating 3‑dimensional CAD models of components and assemblies using tools such as Siemens NX.
• Must have familiarity with the application of industry standards for mechanical modeling and engineering release such as ASME Y14.24.

• Minimum of 1 year of experience generating and releasing engineering artifacts into Product Lifecycle Management systems such as Siemens Team Center.
• Previous Sentinel experience.
• Existing SAP approval.
• Previous Department of Defense program experience in identifying and applying hardware design requirements from interface, compliance, and performance documents.
• Previous experience with Northrop Grumman hardware/mechanical design processes and principles, such as E110P and E275M.

Manhattan Beach, CA – Level 2: $83,400 – $125,200;
Level 3: $103,600 – $155,400.
Primary Level: $72,100 – $125,200;
Secondary Level: $89,400 – $155,400.

Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, company‑paid holidays and paid time off for vacation and/or personal business. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonus, and long‑term incentives. The application period is estimated at 20 days from the posting date. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

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