Northrop Grumman Australia ยท 1 week ago
Staff Aeronautical Engineer (AHT)
United States-California-Northridge
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$177K/yr - $266K/yr
8+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading company in the defense industry, seeking a Staff Aeronautical Engineer to support the AARGM-ER program. The role involves designing mechanical parts, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring the quality and performance of engineering projects.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design of mechanical parts and assemblies, including 3D CAD modeling; 2D drawing drafting, review, revision, and release; selection of components and materials; support of trade studies
Communicating with suppliers and customers to exchange technical information
Coordinating with supply chain regarding supplier changes, cost reductions, process improvements, and changing suppliers
Coordinating with manufacturing regarding design and process improvements
Collaborating with other functional areas on various aspects of product design/documentation, including procurement, production, logistics, or configuration management
Hands-on troubleshooting, inspection, or assembly of parts/subsystems in support of prototyping, production, or test
Performing tolerance stack up analysis and authoring reports documenting them
Collaborating with analysis teams who are responsible for performing mass properties, structural, thermal, and materials/processes reports
Creating and delivering engineering briefings or reports to support design review activities
Tracking & reporting task status
Assist team to develop/document best practices
Resolve NCs and guide team members on NC resolution
Qualification
Required
Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 12 years of related engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant STEM discipline and 10 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience
Experience resolving NCs, creating drawings in accordance with ANSI Y14.5 (GD&T) standards and generating tolerance stack up analysis
Experience designing primary and secondary composite aircraft parts/components, assemblies, and installations
Knowledge of environmental testing and hardware performance validation, including structural and thermal analysis
Experience designing for MIL-STD-810 testing requirements
Experience with the packaging of electronics assemblies
Experience creating 3D parametric models using any industry-standard 3D CAD package such as Creo (preferred)
Experience using any industry-standard Product Lifecycle Management systems such as TeamCenter
Experience with design for manufacturing and assembly (DFMA)
Experience with designing for EMI sensitive environments and material selection
Ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret Clearance/ U.S. citizenship required
Preferred
Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
Active DoD Secret Clearance
Proficient in Creo (modeling and drawing)
Proficient in Teamcenter (PDM)
Experience working in or providing engineering support to manufacturing and test/evaluation, particularly for DoD projects
Experience working in a Scrum, Agile, or Kanban product-development environment
Experience in creating electronics packaging
Experience creating trade studies for design for cost analysis
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase