Senior Mechanical Engineer, Hypersonic Flight Systems

ngc; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel 25%

Job summary

Northrop Grumman seeks a senior mechanical engineer to join the Flight Systems Futures team focused on hypersonic re-entry vehicles and payloads. You will lead mechanical layout, interfaces, and verification activities across subsystems, ensuring producibility and integration on the factory floor.

A strong background in FEA and CAD is required, with travel up to 25%. Applicant must hold a Top Secret clearance and be a US citizen; relocation is negotiable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must be a US Citizen.
• Active Top Secret clearance at time of application, current and within scope.
• 5+ years of relevant structural analysis or design experience.
• 3+ years experience performing finite element analysis (FEA) of metallic and/or composite structures.
• 3+ years experience generating and checking stress reports, margins of safety, and load paths.
• 3+ years experience interpreting loads and environments and applying them in structural models.
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the overall mechanical layout for the vehicle and major subsystems.
• Coordinate mass properties, interfaces, and maintainability across the configuration.
• Oversee creation and release of mechanical designs, 3D models, and drawings.
• Ensure interfaces between subsystems are defined, controlled, and compatible.
• Resolve mechanical integration issues between aerothermal, TPS, structures, GNC, propulsion, and avionics.
• Flow down system requirements into mechanical requirements and design criteria.
• Work with systems engineering to maintain traceability and verification methods.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to ensure producibility and testability.
• Support build and integration on the factory floor.
• Provide technical direction to mechanical suppliers.
• Plan and coordinate mechanical engineering work across a small team.
• Review and approve design work against program standards.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster cross-disciplinary communication.

Skills

US Citizenship

Security clearance

Team leadership

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX

CATIA

Creo

HyperMesh

Femap

NASTRAN

Abaqus

ANSYS

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Northrop Grumman seeks a senior mechanical engineer to join the Flight Systems Futures team focused on hypersonic re-entry vehicles and payloads. You will lead mechanical layout, interfaces, and verification activities across subsystems, ensuring producibility and integration on the factory floor.

A strong background in FEA and CAD is required, with travel up to 25%. Applicant must hold a Top Secret clearance and be a US citizen; relocation is negotiable.