Senior Propulsion Engineer - Lead & Innovate

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 136,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join the PS&C team in Elkton, MD.

The role focuses on mechanical design of propulsion components, coordinating with multi-disciplinary groups, and delivering complex subsystems for government and commercial customers. The position requires a Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in engineering and relevant experience, with travel up to 25% and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Qualifications

• Basic: Requires Bachelors in Engineering and years of experience or Master's Degree in Engineering and 6 years of experience or a PhD and 4 years of experience
• Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance which requires US Citizenship as a pre-requisite
• Ability and willingness to travel

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical design of moderately complex advanced propulsion components and functional systems with limited supervision
• Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to the solution of more complex components, structures, and sub-assemblies
• Develop original ideas on preliminary design concepts with other technical groups and make modifications necessary to optimize designs
• Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems
• Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution, communicate milestones and need dates to program leads
• Document results of design activities and release results after review from other engineers
• Make recommendations for improving own work and/or group's work
• Support test program under project team direction for design, fabrication, integration, and verification
• Support generation and execution of presentation materials for various reviews required throughout the design process
• Work with procurement to ensure hardware and expendables are delivered to enable project execution

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer to join the PS&C team in Elkton, MD.

The role focuses on mechanical design of propulsion components, coordinating with multi-disciplinary groups, and delivering complex subsystems for government and commercial customers. The position requires a Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in engineering and relevant experience, with travel up to 25% and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.