Principal/Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer

Northrop Grumman; Utah; On-site; USD 95,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer to join their innovative team. This role involves leading the Minuteman III Project Engineer for Ordnance Repair Lines, where you'll tackle engineering challenges and drive improvements in repair processes. You'll collaborate closely with the Air Force, ensuring customer satisfaction and technical excellence. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to advancements in missile defense, all while enjoying a robust benefits package and a supportive work environment that encourages growth and creativity.

Benefits

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Competitive Relocation Assistance

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in solid rocket motor or ordnance component design.
• Ability to qualify for or hold a DoD clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the NG team to plan and execute ordnance repair lines.
• Interface directly with the Air Force customer on a weekly basis.
• Drive timely and clearly communicated decisions and recommendations.

Skills

Solid Rocket Motor Design

Project Engineering

Systems Engineering

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Master's in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

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.

Northrop Grumman, Space Systems, is seeking a **Principal/Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Project Engineer)** to join our Minuteman III Propulsion Sustainment team. This position will be at our Propulsion Systems Division facility located at Hill AFB, UT.

We are excited for you to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals. Our domain provides rewarding work that contributes to the latest advancements being made in the missile defense industry.

**_Roles and Responsibilities:_**

The Minuteman III Project Engineer for Ordnance Repair Lines leads the NG team to plan and execute several ordnance repair lines and aging surveillance testing at the system and component level. This position is responsible to identify engineering and process roadblocks and to plan and execute countermeasures to improve repair process throughput. This Project Engineer position interfaces directly with the Air Force customer on a weekly, sometimes daily basis. The position may also involve the support and analysis of component level tests, sustainment of booster hardware, motor static tests, missile flight tests; the evaluation and planning of methods of approach to integrate new products, technologies, or materials into existing systems; to investigate hardware/test anomalies, determine root cause, and provide recommended countermeasures to the Air Force customer. This role will report to the Air Force Sustainment Chief Engineer (Manager 3)

Job Duties:

+ Serve as Engineering Lead for the NG MMIII ordnance repair line team

+ Act as a technical focal point for the customer ensuring customer satisfaction with ordnance repair efforts including participation in NG, customer and government review boards

+ Provide input to and participation in Air Force customer escalation briefings up to the AF Minuteman Chief Engineer

+ Work on problem solving and failure investigations of design and repair issues

+ Drive timely and clearly communicated decisions and recommendations

+ Work closely with the Program Manager to manage technical execution of the ordnance repair programs

+ Manage cost and schedule for the technical effort on the ordnance repair programs

+ Work with Propulsion Systems functional management to assure proper technical support

+ Drive technical excellence into the repair line team (by upholding technical standards for project, managing technical risks, supporting cost goals, and ensuring requirements compliance)

+ Provide other support for the MMIII Propulsion sustainment effort as requested by the Chief Engineer

**_Basic Qualifications:_**

**_This position can be filled at either a level 3 or level 4._**

**_Basic Qualifications for a level 3:_**

+ Bachelors in Engineering or similar discipline and 5 years, 3 Years with Masters or 1 Year with PhD

**_Basic Qualifications for a level 4:_**

+ Bachelors in Engineering or similar discipline and 8 years, 6 Years with Masters or 4 Year with PhD

**_Required Qualifications:_**

+ Ability to qualify for or already hold a DoD clearance

+ 5+ yrs experience in solid rocket motor or ordnance component design, analysis, manufacturing, project engineering, or systems engineering

+ Ability to travel: Travel expectation of 5% – 10%

**_Preferred Qualifications:_**

+ Experience in ordnance device design, manufacture, and testing

+ Engineering leadership experience in solid rocket motor development, qualification, and production cycles

+ Demonstrated credibility with internal and external customers

+ Coordination of engineering efforts across multiple design, analysis, production, and test groups as well as teams consisting of multiple disciplines

**_Additional Requirements:_**

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

+ Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations

+ Demonstrated team leadership skills - leader of significant technical projects or investigations and management of multiple program tasks

+ Current holder or ability to qualify for DOD secret clearance

+ Excellent time management and organizational skills

+ Able to see how a complex system works (big picture) while working on individual component details and interactions to identify effects in data and determine cause within the hardware

+ Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining focused results within reliability, quality, schedule, and budget requirements / constraints

+ Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems (Examples: experience with Decision Focus, Fault-tree, Kepner-Tregoe, Fishbone diagrams

**_Position Benefits:_**

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

+ Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

+ 401k

+ Educational Assistance

+ Life Insurance

+ Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions

+ Paid Time Off

+ Health & Wellness Resources

+ Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80A. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00Salary Range 2: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00

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.