Sr Principal Engineer Propulsion

Northrop Grumman • Elkton, MD

12d • $135,800 - $203,600 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join the Propulsion Systems and Controls business unit at its Elkton, Maryland location. The Elkton facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems for government and commercial customers, and supports offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, New York, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The engineer will perform mechanical design of advanced propulsion components and functional systems, apply engineering knowledge and test data to complex components and assemblies, develop and optimize preliminary design concepts, establish material and structural requirements, and support project planning, documentation, testing, reviews, procurement, and delivery of hardware. The position requires a bachelor's degree and eight years of experience, a master's degree and six years of experience, or a Ph.D. and four years of experience. The candidate must be able to obtain a Secret clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship, and be willing to travel. Travel is listed as 25% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 8 years of experience, or a master's degree in Engineering and 6 years of experience, or a Ph.D. and 4 years of experience.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship is required as a prerequisite.
• Ability and willingness to travel.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team through efforts to design, fabricate, and install multiple subsystems.
• Experience with solid-propellant propulsion systems.
• Current active security clearance.
• Proficiency with Siemens NX.
• Proficiency with Siemens Teamcenter United Architecture.
• Ability to interpret and apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Knowledge of systems engineering approaches to ensure program requirements are met.
• Experience as a Cost Account Manager (CAM), maintaining budgetary and schedule compliance while ensuring technical quality.
• Familiarity with proactive risk-management techniques, including risk registers and failure modes, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA).

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical design of moderately complex advanced propulsion components and functional systems with limited supervision.
• Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to solve problems involving complex components, structures, and sub-assemblies.
• Develop preliminary design concepts with other technical groups and make modifications to optimize designs.
• Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems.
• Determine engineering tasks for project planning and execution, and communicate milestones and need dates to program leads.
• Document design activity results and release them after review by other engineers.
• Recommend improvements to individual or group work.
• Support test-program design, fabrication, integration, and verification under project-team direction.
• Support preparation and execution of presentation materials for design reviews.
• Work with procurement to ensure hardware and expendables are delivered to enable project execution.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

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