Aeronautical Engineer/principal Engineer Aeronautical

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Palmdale, CA +1 · Mechanical

Aeronautical Engineer/Principal Engineer Aeronautical specializing in fuel systems for defense applications at Northrop Grumman. Responsibilities include subsystem engineering, design, analysis, technical leadership, and ensuring compliance with safety and certification standards. Requires a STEM degree, relevant experience, and a Top-secret clearance with SCI access.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible for subsystem engineering for fuel, propulsion, fire protection, and ECS: translate system requirements into hardware/software designs, allocate requirements, and maintain traceability from requirements to verification artifacts.
  2. Prepare and present effective technical briefs on all of the above for all levels of consumption (i.e. user, customer, program leadership, etc.).
  3. Provide technical leadership as Responsible Engineer: lead design reviews and change control, track technical risks and mitigations, mentor engineers, and maintain subsystem configuration control.
  4. Lead detailed mechanical design and documentation (drawings, BOMs, tolerance stacks, interface control documents) for pumps, valves, feedlines, thrust components, fire detection/suppression hardware, ducts, heat exchangers, and pressure vessels.
  5. Ensure designs meet regulatory, safety, and certification standards (e.g., fuel-system and fire-protection regulations applicable to the associated system), produce supporting artifacts for safety boards and certification packages.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience (Aeronautical Engineer) OR Master’s degree and 0 years (Aeronautical Engineer) OR Bachelor’s Degree in STEM and 5 years of experience (Principal Engineer) OR Master’s degree and 3 years (Principal Engineer) OR PhD and 1 year (Principal Engineer)
  • U.S. Government Top-secret Clearance
  • Proficient with typical office toolsets such as Windows OS and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience with fuel system design and analysis
  • Experience using Siemens NX for part and assembly modeling, draft creation, and engineering release workflows (CAD best practices, PMI, and drawing standards).
  • Proficient at locating and examining technical data from Computer Aided Design and Product Lifecycle Management tools
  • Experience working with diverse technical teams.
  • Experience planning/executing verification and test, writing test procedures, and resolving test anomalies.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access
  • Ability to obtain and maintain subsequent SAP PARs

Nice to have

  • Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
  • Experience applying Siemens AMESIM, MATLAB/Simulink, or similar analysis tools to fuel subsystems
  • Experience using CATIA V5 to examine 3D models
  • Experience using TeamCenter Engineer and Enterprise to locate and examine technical data

What the JD emphasized

  • CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
  • CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI
  • Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain subsequent SAP PARs following commencement of employment to be able to completely support statement of work.