Principal or Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer; Landing Gear

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time

Description

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Principal or Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Landing Gear) to our team in El Segundo, CA or Rancho Bernardo, CA.

The selected candidate will be responsible for development, design, and integration of landing gear on an advanced aircraft.

• Identify existing and/or conceptual landing gear systems to meet requirements, creating 3D models and layouts, and performing trade studies to analyze the impact of integrating proposed mechanisms systems onto aircraft, as well as identify main driver variables that most significantly impact top level program requirements.

• Support advanced aircraft design efforts with landing gear system design, hardware selection, placement, preliminary sizing, and initial integration into different aircraft configurations. Secondary role is to provide mechanisms design support to other aircraft sub-systems, such as drive systems and door uplocks for in-flight door operation.

• Develop landing gear system requirements and create the associated system specifications, supplier procurement specifications, and supplier SOWs. This will include, but is not limited to, creating functional architecture and activity diagrams, in collaboration with other sub-system engineering disciplines to understand power, cooling, signal, and structural interfaces for the landing gear system.

• Support the supplier management team by being the primary technical interface between NGAS and landing gear supplier subject matter experts.

• Participate in internal program, customer, and supplier technical exchange meetings and formal program milestone reviews to provide and/or obtain progress status updates.

• Provide technical guidance to, and coordinate with, multiple engineering design teams, including the aircraft configuration team, the structures team, sub-systems team, and supplier management teams supporting the conceptual, preliminary, and detail design and development of the aircraft.

The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote/telework option for this role.

This position requires the ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

This position can be filled at either the Principal Aeronautical Engineer OR Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer level, depending upon the qualifications below.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline with 5 years of related experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 3 years of related experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline with 1 year of related experience.

• Prior experience with aircraft landing gear systems and landing gear design

• Prior experience with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software applications

• Familiarity with industry standard software application tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, etc.

• Current, active in-scope U.S. Government Secret security clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP).

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline with 8 years of related experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a relevant STEM discipline with 6 years of related experience; OR a PhD in a relevant STEM discipline with 4 years of related experience.

• Prior experience with aircraft landing gear systems and landing gear design

• Prior experience with 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) software applications

• Familiarity with industry standard software application tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, etc.

• Current, active in-scope U.S. Government Secret security clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP).

• Master’s Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or related discipline

• Expert knowledge of landing gear design including:

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