RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Design Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 located in Promontory, UT, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.

The Design Engineer is responsible for creating, modifying and supporting engineering primarily for instrumentation integration design (flight and ground tests). Production support, including discrepancy resolution will also be required. This engineer will work with Systems and Project Engineers to support the verification of these designs to requirements and interact with in-house and external customers.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

· Create and maintain engineering drawings, specifications, and as-built documentation.

· Check completed layouts and drawings for clarity, completeness, conformity to standards, procedures, specifications, and accuracy of calculations and dimensioning.

· Write test plans and oversee testing to demonstrate and/or qualify designs.

· Produce and maintain system and component level requirement sets.

· Compile and analyze test data, use the results to assess and improve product designs.

· Assist in the process of validating designs through the flight certification process.

· Occasional on-site support of operations in a lab/production environment.

· Ability to Travel expectation of 0% – 10%

· Other duties as assigned

Why you? You’re the candidate we’re searching for if you are ready to achieve the impossible alongside like-minded innovators.

This position can be filled at either a Level 2 or Level 3.

Basic Qualifications for Level 2:

· Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline with 2 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of professional experience.

· Demonstrated ability participating with and coordinating between various engineering disciplines.

· Ability to communicate technically complex topics and scenarios clearly and concisely.

Basic Qualifications for Level 3:

· Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience.

· Demonstrated ability participating with and coordinating between various engineering disciplines.

· Ability to communicate technically complex topics and scenarios clearly and concisely.

· Ability to find and execute work independently and with minimal oversight.

· Willingness and ability to work tasks outside of typical experience base.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Broad understanding of both electrical and mechanical engineering principles

· Previous experience integrating instrumentation (mechanically and electrically) including electrical checkout of sensors and data acquisition hardware

· Experience working to conclusion design drawings and specifications

· Knowledge of test design and execution

· Familiarity working with Matlab, NX or similar CAD/analysis tools

· Understanding of solid rocket motor system design, development, and manufacture

· Demonstrated experience with problem solving, problem investigation teams, and critical decision-making skills

· Strong verbal and written communication skills

· Demonstrated leadership skills - leader of technical projects or investigations and management of multiple program tasks to schedule and budget

· Previous experience in a government contracting environment

· Experience with the proposal process

Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

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. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.