Sr Principal Propulsion Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Ronkonkoma, NY

1d•$129,300 - $213,400•Hybrid

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join their team. This role supports the Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) business unit and can be worked from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; Elkton, Maryland; or Ronkonkoma, New York. The PS&C business unit is involved in solid-propellant rocket operations and the Palm Beach Gardens location is a center of excellence for air-breathing propulsion systems, specializing in ramjets, scramjets, and advanced air-breathing propulsion systems. The company culture encourages intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and a pioneering spirit. Employees have opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives globally.

Requirements

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

Perform mechanical design of one or more moderately complex structural components and functional systems of company products.
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.
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.