Principal/sr. Principal Tooling Design Engineer Level 3/4

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · St. Augustine, FL +1 · Material/Process

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Tooling Design Engineer to design industrial machinery and equipment, tools, dies, gauges, jigs, fixtures, and machine attachments for production or experimental use. Responsibilities include creating 3D models and 2D drawings, ensuring safe and effective designs for manufacturing, testing, qualifying, and transporting products, and working with customers and other engineering functions to meet budget and schedule requirements. The role requires experience in designing tooling for composite and metallic parts, general metallic fabrication, solid modeling, and 2D drafting.

What you'd actually do

  1. Create 3D models and 2D drawings to be used in the manufacturing of new tooling in support of various programs.
  2. Create effective and safe designs that are used to manufacture, test, qualify, and transport product.
  3. Schedule and run 30/60/90% Design Reviews to ensure customer satisfaction throughout the design cycle.
  4. Work with internal Customers to conceptualize and design support equipment for new and existing programs.
  5. Work closely with other Tool Engineering functions to provide designs on time and within budget.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors in STEM with 4 years of experience in Mechanical, Design, Tooling, Manufacturing, Die, Product, Mechanical or similar OR Masters in STEM with 3 years of experience OR PhD In STEM field with 0 years of experience (for Level 3)
  • Bachelors in STEM with 8 years of experience in Mechanical, Design, Tooling, Manufacturing, Die, Product, Mechanical or similar OR Masters in STEM with 6 years of experience OR PhD In STEM field with 4 years of experience (for Level 4)
  • Experience in design, fabrication and implementation of tooling used in the manufacture of composite and metallic parts
  • Experience with general metallic fabrication including welding and machining
  • Experience with Solid modeling experience or similar (NX Preferred)
  • Experience with 2D drafting software (CADAM Preferred)
  • Experience with manufacturing processes
  • Experience written and oral communication skills
  • Experience with 2D drawing preparation and 2D drawing analysis
  • Experience with GD&T practice and implementation
  • Experience with root cause corrective action analysis
  • Experiencing leading smaller scale projects with minimal supervision, working with autonomy (Level 3)
  • Experiencing leading larger scale projects with minimal supervision, working with autonomy (Level 4)

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with OSHA specs for design for safety
  • CAM Experience preferred
  • developing and maintaining a tooling budget, ensuring cost management
  • Extensive knowledge of sheet metal aircraft manufacture
  • Knowledgeable and demonstrated experience with NX modeling
  • Structural Analysis experience is a plus (FEA and hand calculations)
  • PE certification is also a plus

What the JD emphasized

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable period of time as determined by the needs of the business