Aeronautical Engineer (AHT)

Overview

At Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Northridge, CA, we are seeking an Aeronautical Engineer to support the AARGM-ER program. We offer opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives today and for generations to come. We value bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future, with a culture that emphasizes intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity, and bringing your whole self to work. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Relocation assistance may be available. Clearance type : Secret. Travel : Yes, 10% of the Time.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Salary Range : $89,400.00 - $134,200.00. The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date; this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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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.

Coordinate with supply chain regarding supplier changes, cost reductions, process improvements, and changing suppliers.

Coordinate 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.

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a relevant STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant STEM discipline; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline.

Experience resolving NCs designing to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) standards and generating tolerance stack up analysis.

Experience designing primary and secondary aircraft parts / components, assemblies, and installations.

Experience designing for MIL-STD-810 testing requirements.

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 Team Center (preferred).

Self-motivated and able to work productively and independently in a fast-paced environment.

Good attention to detail, follow-through, and time-management skills.

Demonstrated good verbal / written communication skills & proactive inter-personal initiative.

Preferred Qualifications

Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering.

Team player with a strong work ethic and initiative to perform in a cross functional team.

Experience working in or providing engineering support to manufacturing or test / evaluation, particularly for DoD projects.

Experience working in a Scrum, Agile, or Kanban product-development environment.

Experience in creating electronics packaging.

Experience in design for manufacturability.

Experience with designing for EMI sensitive environments.

Experience creating trade studies for design for cost analysis.

Experience in material selection.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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