Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer - Hypersonic Flight

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a seasoned Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical layout and subsystem integration for hypersonic vehicle programs. You will coordinate mass properties, interfaces, and maintainability across configurations while overseeing CAD models and drawings in collaboration with design teams.

The role demands extensive structural analysis experience, familiarity with FEA tools, and the ability to work across disciplines and with manufacturing to ensure producible, testable,

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 and within scope.
• 5+ years of relevant structural analysis or design experience.
• 3+ years experience performing finite element analysis (FEA).
• 3+ years experience generating and checking stress reports, margins of safety, and load paths.
• 3+ years experience interpreting loads and environments and applying them to structural models.
• 3+ years experience of air vehicle dynamic structural assessments (Shock and Vibe).
• 3+ years experience with systems packaging, sizing, and weight tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the mechanical layout for the vehicle and 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 designs are producible and testable.
• 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 products.
• Mentor junior engineers and foster cross-disciplinary communication.

Skills

Structural analysis

Finite element analysis

Stress reports & margins

System packaging & weight tradeoffs

CAD tools

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field

Tools

NX

CATIA

Creo

HyperMesh

Femap

NASTRAN

Abaqus

ANSYS

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a seasoned Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical layout and subsystem integration for hypersonic vehicle programs. You will coordinate mass properties, interfaces, and maintainability across configurations while overseeing CAD models and drawings in collaboration with design teams.

The role demands extensive structural analysis experience, familiarity with FEA tools, and the ability to work across disciplines and with manufacturing to ensure producible, testable,