Senior Principal Structural Analysis Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Mechanical

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Structural Analysis Engineer to develop primary and secondary metal and composite aircraft structure parts and assemblies, lead design and trade study efforts, mentor engineers, and develop advanced design solutions. Responsibilities include performing static, dynamic, and DaDT structural analyses, ensuring designs meet program requirements, and optimizing structures using software applications. Requires a STEM Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience or higher, and a Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performing static, dynamic, and DaDT structural analyses of metallic and composite airframe structure, mechanical systems, and equipment, by hand and by using the automated methods and procedures approved for the program
  2. Ensuring that designs meet program requirements and are the lightest, lowest cost, and highest quality products consistent with schedule and budget objectives.
  3. May derive non-flight applied loads, create, extract, and distribute internal loads and perform weight and stiffness optimization utilizing tools such as FEMAP, NX, Teamcenter and other software applications
  4. Candidate must be able to collaborate in a team environment, prioritize and adjust tasks to accomplish the project result, prioritize multiple responsibilities and/or accomplish them simultaneously, and comprehend and analyze complex problems and develop solutions.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 8 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related professional/military experience; OR a Ph.D. in a STEM discipline and 4 years of related professional/military experience
  • Ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated U.S. government Secret clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time
  • Professional experience in aerospace structural analysis

Nice to have

  • Degree in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering
  • Proficiency with NX Solid Modelling or similar 3D modeling software
  • Proficiency with Teamcenter
  • Understanding of GD&T and MBE methods
  • Final adjudicated government Secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance