2026 Associate Tooling Engineer - Clearfield UT

Northrop Grumman • Clearfield, UT

5d • $65,800 - $98,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking an Associate Tool Engineer to support our Clearfield Facility in Utah. The candidate will be responsible for the concept, design, engineering, fabrication drawings, inspection requirements, procurement requirements, verification requirements, and fabrication support for tooling and equipment for Aerospace applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor in a STEM discipline
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Ability to travel to suppliers to inspect equipment prior to shipment (15-20% travel)

Nice To Haves

• Tooling design and analysis experience
• Experience with hand calculation analysis and Finite Element analysis practices
• CAD modeling experience
• Experience with concept of design for manufacturing
• Experience with various inspection methods and understanding design for inspection
• Hands on fabrication and manufacturing experience
• NX modeling experience
• Abaqus Finite Element Analysis FEA experience
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
• Tolerance stack calculations
• Strong technical writing skills
• Desire, i.e. passion, to build and manufacture support hardware
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills in managing time, projects and resources
• Ability to handle multiple projects at once and manage schedules and budgets
• Leadership ability
• Technical attention to detail
• Drive and motivation to be proactive in problem solving and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Interface with review team to assure customer satisfaction with design
• Manage projects and coordinate all procurements and fabrication to meet the program cost and schedule requirements
• Inspect fabricated support hardware to assure compliance to design
• Work alongside the manufacturing team to ensure overall program quality, delivery, and cost objectives are achieved
• Work with internal customers to define needed support equipment for new and existing programs
• Develop tooling concepts, creating/reviewing and improving manufacturing processes to meet customer requirements
• Work closely with tool designers to create final drawings
• Perform stress analysis to assure mechanically sound per NG requirements
• Understand/monitor cost and schedule
• Review engineering drawings and designs for manufacturability
• Travel to suppliers to support them as needed during fabrication
• Inspect tool configuration for drawing compliance, including fit, form and function
• Support continuous improvement
• Support operations and process engineering in the use of all tooling

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level