Senior Structural Design Engineer – Space Vehicle Structures

Northrop Grumman; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Sector is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Structural Design Engineer to join the Vehicle Engineering Directorate in Redondo Beach, CA.

The onsite role focuses on requirements definition, design, drawings, and integration for flight and structural-test articles. Collaboration with stress, manufacturing, M&P, and test teams is essential to meet physical and environmental requirements, while supporting payload, power and thermal systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 5+ years of engineering experience or Master’s with 3+ years or Ph.D. with 1+ year.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance at time of application.
• Experience in aerospace subsystem design, mechanical-design integration.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements definition, conceptual design, preliminary/layout work, detailed design, drawing release, design-review presentations, and support for fabrication/integration.
• Conduct bus-equipment layout, payload layout, and preliminary cable- and harness-routing (DC, RF, waveguide).
• Collaborate with stress, manufacturing, M&P, and test teams to define design requirements and CAD models for flight and structural-test articles.
• Generate and maintain part and assembly drawings, source-control drawings, interface-control drawings, and installation drawings.
• Support program milestone reviews (SRR, PDR, CDR, IDR) and gate closures.
• Provide I&T sustaining support.

Skills

CAD proficiency

Secret clearance

Aerospace experience

Education

STEM degree (Bachelor/Master/PhD)

Tools

Siemens NX

CATIA V5

3DX

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Sector is seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Structural Design Engineer to join the Vehicle Engineering Directorate in Redondo Beach, CA.

The onsite role focuses on requirements definition, design, drawings, and integration for flight and structural-test articles. Collaboration with stress, manufacturing, M&P, and test teams is essential to meet physical and environmental requirements, while supporting payload, power and thermal systems.