Sr Principal Engineer Propulsion

Northrop Grumman•Ronkonkoma, FL

About The Position

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. Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join our team at our Palm Beach Gardens, Florida location to support the Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) business unit. This position can also be worked from the Elkton, Maryland and Ronkonkoma, New York locations. The Northrop Grumman PS&C business unit is based in Elkton, Maryland and began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The Palm Beach Gardens location is the Air-breathing propulsion center of excellence specializing in the design, analysis and system integration of ramjets, scramjets and other advanced air-breathing propulsion systems. Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is located a very short distance from the Atlantic Ocean. You would be close to many top beaches, fishing, inland eco-tours, shopping, and restaurants. Palm Beach Gardens also has many top golf choices and is home to The Professional Golfers Association of America and PGA National Resort. https://www.thepalmbeaches.com/explore-cities/palm-beach-gardens Job Summary Perform mechanical design of one or more moderately complex structural components and functional systems of company products. Generally, work from preliminary studies developed by higher graded engineers. Analyze requirements for materials, structural components, or functional systems. Select applicable analytical data from previous products, determine the technical principles involved, mathematically define the problem and compute the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs and requirements of other portions of the product. Oversee and guide work performed by junior engineers. Develop original ideas and elaborate on preliminary design concepts. Evaluate completed design with supervisor and other technical groups and make modification necessary to achieve an ideal design.

Requirements

Requires Bachelors in STEM plus at least 8 years of design experience or Master’s Degree in STEM and at least 6 years of design experience or a PhD in STEM and at least 4 years of design experience
Prior experience guiding and mentoring lower-level engineers
Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance which requires US Citizenship as a pre-requisite
Proficiency with Siemens NX
Ability and willingness to travel 10-25%

Nice To Haves

Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering strongly preferred
Experience with mechanical design of propulsion components or fluid systems
Current active Security Clearance
Proficiency with Siemens Teamcenter United Architecture
Ability to interpret and apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction, with supporting input from relevant subject matter experts
Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to the solution of more complex components, structures, and sub-assemblies
Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems
Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution
Document results of design activities and release results after review from other engineers
Make recommendations for improving own work and/or group’s work
Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on projects
Ensure that the product line is adhering to contractual and technical data package requirements
Ensure communications with the internal and external teams are taking place across the entire programmatic portfolio
Lead the engineering effort to accomplish major milestones, such as: design reviews, technical interchange meetings, test design reviews and test readiness reviews
Support earned value performance tracking of various programs in the portfolio