Northrop Grumman Australia · 1 day ago
Engineer Propulsion - Level 4 : Active Secret Clearance
United States-Arizona-Chandler
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$79K/yr - $119K/yr
6+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements and is seeking an Engineer Propulsion - Level 4 professional to join their Mechanical Engineering Energetics team in Chandler, AZ. This role involves supporting launch vehicles through various analysis and integration activities, including performance predictions and leading anomaly investigations.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Perform analysis, design, or test of one or more moderately complex materials (including energetics), structural components, and control systems for propulsion systems
Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company standards and customer requirements to develop propulsion systems for application in launch vehicles, missile systems, and space mission 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
Coordinate strategy for developing and leveraging multi-disciplinary design, optimization, and analysis processes to support mission requirements. Define and coordinate the conduct of testing required to evaluate design work
Perform hands on test support of pneumatic and hydraulic components and systems through functional and environmental testing
Perform responsible engineer duties leading the Integrated Product Team of a medium sized subcontract coordinating supplier change notifications, non-conformances, hardware acceptance reviews, etc
Conduct pre-launch engineering reviews, examining as built vehicle hardware, pre-launch data, assessing flight readiness and working with the flight field teams
Conduct trade studies and evaluate alternative designs
Based on broadly defined problems, study basic design concepts and criteria for complex materials, components, or functional systems and applies the engineering principles involved to develop new designs
Anticipate customer needs and find innovative ways to provide for those needs
Originate and develop constructive ideas. Consistently look for ways to modify or change existing methods or processes to improve outcomes
Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution; Analyze project requirements and develop detailed planning, conceptual designs, and risk analysis
Interact with internal and external customers; Assist the customer in defining system requirements and in the generation of specifications for products or sub systems
Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers
Support new business and prepare proposal material
Travel up to 10% of the time to supplier and launch facilities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master's degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
Active US DoD Secret Security clearance, or higher at the time of application
Preferred
Active US DoD Top Secret security clearance at the time of application
Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering degree
Experience with Matlab, and Python
Environmental testing experience
Data acquisition equipment operation
Configuration change management
Supply Chain Management of Subcontractors
Presentation of technical data to internal and external customers
Failure investigation techniques
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