Senior Principal Test Design Mechanical Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Waynesboro, VA +1 · Mechanical

Senior Principal Test Design Mechanical Engineer role at Northrop Grumman focusing on designing automated handling equipment, power/cooling systems, interface panels, RF radiating receivers, consoles, fixtures, and components. Requires experience with schematics, panel design, cable design, assembly layouts, and lab test equipment. A Secret clearance is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design creative and flexible solutions with a motivated team of experts
  2. Automated Handling Equipment
  3. Power/Cooling Monitor and Control
  4. Interface Panel Layouts
  5. RF radiating receivers (RF Hats)
  6. Console Design
  7. Fixture Design and Modification
  8. Component Design
  9. Electromechanical integration
  10. Thermodynamic Loading and cooling
  11. Requirements verification
  12. Actively support the investigation, resolution and documentation of product anomalies
  13. Understanding Design to Cost

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of experience, master's degree with 6 years of experience or Ph.D. with 4 years of experience in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or related technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • U.S Citizenship is required.
  • Ability to obtain/maintain an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance
  • Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
  • Experience with successfully reading and interpreting schematics, block diagrams and sketches
  • Experience in panel design, cable design, and assembly layouts
  • Experience with lab test equipment (such as DMM and O-Scopes) connections

Nice to have

  • Advanced degree in Engineering or related STEM discipline
  • 2+ years experience in hardware packaging design
  • 3D CAD modeling proficiency with NX 10
  • A basic knowledge of thermal and structural analysis and circuit card design.
  • Experience with cooling systems
  • Experience with pneumatic and electronic automation controls
  • Proficient with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
  • Experience with mechanical and/or electromechanical system design
  • Experience with Design for Manufacture (DFM)
  • Experience with hands-on troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
  • Experience with PLC/HMI Software (e.g., RS View, RS Logix 5000)
  • Panel Layout a plus
  • Technical Lead experience
  • Active Secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Government Secret Clearance
  • Secret Clearance