Staff Engineer Propulsion

Northrop Grumman • Ronkonkoma, FL

7h

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 Staff 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 at our Elkton, Maryland or 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

Requirements

• Requires Bachelors in STEM plus at least 12 years of design experience or Master’s Degree in STEM plus at least 10 years of design experience or a PhD in STEM plus at least 8 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 strongly Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• 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. Solutions are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives. Assignments are often self-initiated
• Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior.
• Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems
• Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution
• Review designs of lower-level engineers, provide guidance of design activities
• Make recommendations for improving own work and/or group’s work
• Serves as organization spokesperson on advanced projects. Act as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research and applications.
• 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

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

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