Senior Principal Materials & Processes Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an experienced Senior Principal Materials & Processes Engineer (Level 4) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Vehicle Engineering organization. This position will be located in Melbourne, FL. In this role you will join an Integrated Product Team to develop, qualify, and optimize metallics, sealants, and coating solutions for critical structural applications, performing root‑cause analysis and defining processing specifications. The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in material failure analysis, test‑plan generation, and the chemistry‑physics of coatings and metals, and thrives in a collaborative engineering environment.
Requirements
- Must have a Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related professional/military experience.
- Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
- Professional experience with metallics, sealants and/or coatings applied to structural components
- Professional experience with metal or composite fabrication and/or design
- Demonstrated experience with repair processes for metal or composite materials used in structures
Nice To Haves
- Final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Materials Science, Materials Engineering, or a closely related discipline.
- Experience with aircraft structures
- Experience with military specs and standards
- Experience interfacing with a military customer
Responsibilities
- Performs root cause analysis of material failures, provides effective solutions to production sealants & coatings issues OR metallics issues
- Generates test plans & reports
- Analyzes, researches, designs and develops materials and their related fabrication and application processes to develop and optimize materials for use in engineering design of and/or application in structures, systems and subsystems
- Applies principles of chemistry, physics, and material behavior to develop non-metallic processing specifications, fabrication and assembly processes OR metallic processing specifications, fabrication and associated assembly processes
- Develops, analyzes and applies material properties and design allowables, processing processes and quality engineering specifications
- Material analyses may include failure analysis of components, systems and subsystems, life predictions, and definition and requirement specifications
- Perform drawing reviews to ensure M&P requirements are satisfied
- Review and approve subcontractor material processing procedures
- Travel to subcontractor locations
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
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
