Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer, Defense Systems

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 123,400 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays & PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in the United States seeks a highly experienced Mechanical Engineering lead to advance conceptual and preliminary designs for future deterrence systems. You will drive design concepts for launcher capsules, oversee avionics and airframe interfaces, and guide system engineering with a focus on producibility and lifecycle cost.

Qualifying candidates bring 8+ years in mechanical engineering, active Secret clearance, and proficiency with NX and electrical CAD tools, plus a track

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Active Secret clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time.
• Proven expertise in electrical design/analysis, MBSE, and specification ownership; proficient with Siemens NX (or equivalent) and other electrical CAD tools.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams, managing high‑value technical projects, and delivering comprehensive Earned Value reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical contributions for conceptual and preliminary design and technology maturation of new advanced concepts for future deterrence needs in the areas of cruise missiles and support systems/subsystems.
• Develop design concepts for launcher capsule and provide technical oversight for avionics and airframe design, with an emphasis on minimizing impacts to Navy operations and re‑use of existing launch systems.
• Contribute to trade studies, architecture development, and system engineering, including producibility and affordability design influence, to produce credible conceptual and preliminary weapon system designs that meet potential customers’ performance, cost, schedule, and risk thresholds while informing them of the surrounding design space for capability considerations, especially capability versus life‑cycle and cost versus technical availability date.
• Demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business.
• Operate in an advanced design environment and collaborate across suppliers as required to accomplish the team goals.
• Transition innovative solutions, technologies, and advanced concepts for US strategic deterrence interests to programs of record for product development and fielding.
• Evaluate mechanical systems, products, components, and applications by reviewing designs.
• Ensure product quality by reviewing mechanical designs and validating that current standards are applied.
• Support the delivery of Mechanical Systems design Technical Data Packages, interface models, and additional design artifacts.
• Support structured trade studies to evaluate alternative design solutions to resolve technical issues.
• Develop and present design change requests, coordinating with impacted internal and external stakeholders, ensuring configuration control of the technical baseline.
• Identify risks and opportunities associated with or driven by design factors and execute handling/mitigation/capture actions to reduce risk or realize opportunities.
• Develop and mature Mechanical System designs that meet Weapon System requirements, UFC, MIL‑STD, and other applicable codes and regulations.

Skills

MBSE

Earned Value reporting

Leadership

Communication skills

Agile processes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

Siemens NX

Electrical CAD tools

PDM/CPLM

GD&T

ASME Y14.5-2009

Job description

Northrop Grumman in the United States seeks a highly experienced Mechanical Engineering lead to advance conceptual and preliminary designs for future deterrence systems. You will drive design concepts for launcher capsules, oversee avionics and airframe interfaces, and guide system engineering with a focus on producibility and lifecycle cost.

Qualifying candidates bring 8+ years in mechanical engineering, active Secret clearance, and proficiency with NX and electrical CAD tools, plus a track