Staff Thermal Analysis Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Northrop Grumman, based in Linthicum, MD, seeks a Staff Thermal Analysis Engineer to join our defense-focused team. You will lead electronics thermal analysis, derive requirements, articulate architectures, and mentor junior engineers across airborne, ground, and naval platforms.

Qualifications include a PhD/MS/BS with extensive experience in thermal engineering, strong design background for high power electronics, and DoD secret clearance or eligibility; travel up to 10% is required, onsite

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience or higher (or equivalent).
• Master’s degree with 10 years of experience or higher.
• Ph.D. with 8 years of experience or higher.
• Active DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain one.

Responsibilities

• Perform electronics thermal analysis across multiple platforms (airborne, ground, naval).
• Lead thermal designs: derive requirements, architecture, and performance; mentor engineers.
• Present findings orally and in writing to customers and stakeholders.
• Explore advanced electronics thermal management solutions using heat transfer principles.

Skills

Thermal engineering

Electronics design

DoD clearance

Leadership

CFD

Education

Bachelor’s Degree +12y

Master’s Degree +10y

Ph.D. +8y

Advanced degree in Heat Transfer

Tools

ANSYS Icepak

ANSYS Thermal Desktop

ANSYS Fluent

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation’s history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they’re making history.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support you by expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Staff Thermal Analysis Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD.

What You’ll get to Do:

• The thermal design team supports programs across the sector, including the airborne, ground mobile, ground stationery, and surface based naval applications, and across a variety of length scales ranging from ECS systems, EO/IR sensors and radar systems, chassis, CCAs, and device levels. This role has expectations perform on existing production contracts, and for candidates with qualified experience the possibility for work in basic research is available. The successful candidate will be able to:
• Perform electronics thermal analysis, requiring subject matter expert level experience in at least one thermal management technology. Examples include liquid cooled, air-cooled, two-phase flow, heat pipes, and refrigeration thermal solutions for Mission Systems platforms such as airborne, ground based, and naval applications
• Lead thermal designs by owning thermal requirements derivation, thermal architecture, and thermal performance of the design, while mentoring less experienced thermal engineers
• Provide oral and written presentations to internal and external customers and stakeholders
• Opportunities to research and design advanced electronics thermal management solutions using heat transfer principles to meet optimal thermal performance

This position is contingent upon the ability to obtain an active DoD Secret Clearance or the successful transfer of an active DoD Secret Clearance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 12 years of experience, master’s degree with 10 years of experience, Ph.D. with 8 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics or related technical fields.
• U.S Citizenship is required
• The ability to obtain/maintain a DoD Secret clearance
• The ability to work onsite daily at the Linthicum, MD/Baltimore facility.
• 10 years of expertise in thermal engineering principles and applications
• 10 years of demonstrated experience in electronics design, with a focus on the thermal analysis and optimization of electronic systems and systems
• 10 years of demonstrated ability to propose, win, and deliver on government research contracts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher
• Advanced Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering with concentration in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics
• Experience advancing the state of the art for next generation electronics thermal design
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with one or more of the following software packages: ANSYS Icepak, ANSYS Thermal Desktop, ANSYS Fluent.
• Demonstrated history of advising programs and projects of high level, multidisciplinary trade studies from concept through detailed design.
• 5 or more years of experience designing hardware to meet transient thermal conditions, including energy storage and management.
• Knowledge of advanced modeling methods including Computational Fluid Dynamics to design by analysis experimental setup and develop analysis methods from experimental results.
• Knowledge of advanced convective thermal management and design of single phase and two-phase thermal design for high heat flux/high power density applications using analytical, high fidelity, and experimental methods
• Prior experience leading the thermal design of systems