Principal Engineer / Sr. Principal Engineer - Structural Design

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Palmdale, CA +4 · Mechanical

Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer for Structural Design at Northrop Grumman, focusing on aerospace structures. Requires experience with CAD tools like CATIA and Unigraphics Nx, and a strong understanding of structural design principles, including damage tolerance and durability. A Secret or Top Secret clearance is mandatory.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop solutions to difficult problems that are thorough, imaginative, practical and consistent with program objectives.
  2. Provide MRB dispositions for primary and secondary structures.
  3. Evaluate as-built products for conformity to standards, procedures and specifications.
  4. Clearly communicate and coordinate with other disciplines during the development of design solutions.
  5. Present and explain structural issues and solutions to internal management and customer representatives concisely.

Skills

Required

  • Aerospace structural design
  • CAD
  • CATIA V5
  • Unigraphics Nx
  • Teamcenter
  • Damage tolerance
  • Durability
  • Structural modeling
  • Composite structures design
  • Secret Clearance
  • Top Secret Clearance

Nice to have

  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Active Top Secret Clearance
  • Special Access Programs experience
  • Military aircraft experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM)
  • minimum of 5 years of experience in Aerospace structural design
  • minimum of 8 years of experience in Aerospace structural design
  • MS degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience
  • MS degree in STEM with 6 years of related experience
  • PhD in STEM and 0 years of related experience
  • DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance
  • Program Special Access
  • design of bonded composite primary and secondary aircraft structures
  • High level of proficiency using Unigraphics Nx or CATIA V5
  • Active in-scope Secret or Top Secret clearance
  • Experience working on Special Access Programs.
  • Experience working on military aircraft.
  • 5 years or more aerospace structural design experience using CATIA.