Sentinel - Principal Material Process Engineer - 17998

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Manhattan Beach, CA +1 · Material/Process

This role is for a Principal Material Process Engineer at Northrop Grumman on the Sentinel program. The engineer will be responsible for the selection and application of Electrical, Electronics, Electro-Mechanical, and Electro-Optical (EEEE) parts, creating component specifications, and resolving issues with parts and circuit card assemblies. The role requires a STEM degree and experience in military/space electronics design or manufacturing, with the ability to obtain a Secret Security Clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work with design engineers in selection and application of Electrical, Electronics, Electro-Mechanical, Electro-Optical (EEEE) parts, including Microcircuits, Connectors, Passive Devices, and Printed Circuit Boards
  2. Create Component Specifications or Source Control Documents to meet Program Requirements
  3. Work with manufacturing and Component vendors to resolve qualification, producibility, and test issues with parts and Circuit Card Assemblies
  4. Review Bill-of-Materials, new part approval requests, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System.
  5. Support Supply Chain with component procurement requirements, selection of suppliers, and resolution of procurement issues and related processes.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of experience; 3 years with Master’s Degree; 0 years with a PhD
  • Experience in military/space electronics design or manufacturing
  • Familiar with the selection and application of EEEE components
  • US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP) as a condition of continued employment
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Tools

Nice to have

  • Working knowledge of various NASA & Military Performance documents required for the selection and screening of Space, Military, DSSC, Non-Standard, and Commercial-Off-The-Shelf components, including MIL-PRF-38534 (Hybrids), MIL-PRF-38535 (microcircuits), MIL-PRF-19500 (semiconductors), MIL-PRF-123 (capacitors), MIL-PRF-55342 (resistors), MIL-PRF-39016 (relays), MIL-PRF-981(magnetics), IPC-6012 and MIL-PRF-31032 (Printed Circuit Boards)and various electrical interconnect systems.
  • Experience with developing Source Control Drawings or Component Specifications for EEEE components
  • Experience with developing and conducting qualification of EEEE components
  • Working knowledge of Destructive Physical analysis (M1580), Failure Analysis, physics of failure, Root Cause & Corrective Action, component specifications, component screening & qualification, component application qualification, and related installation/assembly process specifications
  • Experience with derating analysis of EEEE components
  • Experience in parts, materials and process selection, manufacturing support, failure analysis, and processing of materials for space hardware
  • Active DOD Secret or Top Secret clearance

What the JD emphasized

  • US Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP) as a condition of continued employment