Staff Field Engineer - Aeronautical

Northrop Grumman • Palmdale, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Staff Field Engineer to join their team either at EAFB, CA; Palmdale, CA or Oklahoma City, OK. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct, be able to lead a team and communicate with upper leadership. The selected individual will join a small team with different and complementary specialty skills to learn and execute repairs and/or modifications to aerospace systems at either a development or field location. The candidate must be willing to support a dynamic work schedule, willing to travel to potentially remote locations, and frequently respond to pressing needs on short notice. The candidate must be equally comfortable briefing a government customer, members of program leadership, and working closely with engineers and maintenance personnel. Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills are essential in this role. Expected support can include pre-coordinated nights and weekends work. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility. There is no remote / hybrid / telework available for this position. Travel up to 50% may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience.
• Experience working with aviation systems and subsystems
• Must be proficient in understanding and following technical manuals and repair manuals
• Must be able to communicate effectively with design engineers and work closely with other aerospace specialties when learning and testing the functionality of new repair procedures or processes
• Must have prior field engineer, mission or maintenance engineering support.
• The candidate must have a deep and diverse mechanical background in aviation systems and sub-systems
• Strong understanding of TCP and UDP based networks and basic familiarity with network management protocols such as DHCP and DNS
• Active U.S Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
• Note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)

Nice To Haves

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active U.S Government Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering
• Experience working in an aviation manufacturing or maintenance facility
• Experience interfacing with a customer
• Experience using NX, VisPro, MES, TeamCenter, and CATIA software tools

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and resolve engineering related production problems related to manufacturing, design, quality and material engineering.
• Analyze engineering specifications and drawings; confer with responsible engineers, quality, material, manufacturing and subcontractors to provide and obtain technical information.
• Investigate report of defective, damaged or malfunctioning parts, assemblies, equipment or systems
• Examine, measure, inspect or test defective parts for conformance.
• Evaluate findings to formulate corrective actions.
• Develop installation procedure steps
• Redlines engineering drawings for newly designed parts, components, and subsystems.
• Facilitate retrofit and modification activities in the field to include the execution of the install or repair, and/or provide training or instructions to available technicians
• Debrief upper leadership and customer on issues
• Assign work to team
• Be delegate for assignment manager

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and 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)

What This Job Offers

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