Senior Structural Engineer – Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman

Melbourne (FL)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 139,900

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Structural Engineer or Principal Structural Engineer to join our team in Iuka, MS. The role focuses on stress analysis for flight hardware, repairs for composite parts, and FE modeling of metal and composite components.

Qualified candidates will have a STEM degree with related experience and must be able to obtain a Secret clearance; travel up to 10% may be required; the position offers a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

Level 2: Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 2 years of related engineering experience; or a Master’s Degree in a STEM field.
Level 3: Bachelor’s Degree in STEM with 5 years of related engineering experience; or a Master’s Degree in STEM with 2 years of related experience; or a PhD in a STEM field with 0 years of experience.
Experience with composite and metallic materials including allowable.
Experience with finite element analysis.
Ability to obtain and maintain the final adjudicated Secret clearance and any SAP required for the position.

Responsibilities

Provides stress analysis to support dispositions of flight hardware.
Substantiate repairs for discrepant parts and assemblies fabricated from composite materials.
Strong communication and collaboration skills are a must.
Knowledge of metallic or composite primary and secondary aircraft structures or subsystems.
Performs finite element modeling of metallic and composite material components.
Static, fatigue, dynamics, damage tolerance and other structural analysis methods are highly desirable.