Principal Engineer Mechanical/Sr. Principal Engineer Mechanical-18780

Northrop GrummanManhattan Beach, CA
$103,600 - $193,900Onsite

About The Position

This position will support the Sentinel Program's Command Systems Hardware Design Integration team. This position will join a team of Mechanical, Electrical and Hardware Integration engineers to design hardware systems and components. This position will apply ASME standard processes and procedures to identify, design, and procure electrical and mechanical hardware. This position will support design of integrated assemblies in accordance with decomposed requirements, compliance documents, and architecture diagrams in order to support the Sentinel critical design review campaign. This position will assist in trade studies, Analysis of Alternatives, and create design artifacts to include 3-dimensional models and product data packages which will be documented and released using Siemens- based Product Lifecycle Management (CPLM) and modeling (NX) tools. This position will be required to operate in and capture inputs from a multi-disciplinary engineering environment consisting of Systems, Software, Design, Compliance, and Hardware engineers. This position can be tailored to both Principal Engineer and Sr. Principal Engineer levels

Requirements

  • Principal Engineer Mechanical: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD
  • Senior Principal Engineer Mechanical: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
  • Must have U.S. Citizenship with a current or active Secret level clearance reviewed or re investigated within the past six (6) years.
  • Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
  • Experience performing CAD modeling with design tools such as Siemens NX or similar
  • Working knowledge of Microsoft (MS) Word, Excel, Power Point, and Engineering Scheduling tools and applications.
  • Experience resolving issues and providing technical support
  • Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience deriving hardware-level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements
  • Experience designing and generating control drawings and assemblies of systems using commercially-sourced hardware components
  • Experience developing hardware design materials in support of program design reviews for review with team technical leads and program stakeholders
  • Experience conducting design reviews as the design author and briefing solution designs to program leadership and stakeholders for release into product baseline
  • Understanding of structural analysis concerns as applied to designing mechanical systems
  • TeamCenter CPLM experience

Responsibilities

  • Apply ASME standard processes and procedures to identify, design, and procure electrical and mechanical hardware.
  • Support design of integrated assemblies in accordance with decomposed requirements, compliance documents, and architecture diagrams.
  • Assist in trade studies and Analysis of Alternatives.
  • Create design artifacts to include 3-dimensional models and product data packages.
  • Document and release designs using Siemens-based Product Lifecycle Management (CPLM) and modeling (NX) tools.
  • Operate in and capture inputs from a multi-disciplinary engineering environment.
  • Derive hardware-level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements.
  • Design and generate control drawings and assemblies of systems using commercially-sourced hardware components.
  • Develop hardware design materials in support of program design reviews.
  • Conduct design reviews as the design author and brief solution designs to program leadership and stakeholders for release into product baseline.
  • Provide technical support and resolve issues.

Benefits

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