Principal/ Sr Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products (MEP) is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Mission Enabling at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/.

Our Deployables Operating Unit is hiring for an Electro-Mechanical Engineer (level 3 or 4). The selected candidate will support our Mission Enabling Products division. This position will be located in Oxnard, CA with travel expectations to our Goleta CA site as needed.

We are looking for an Electro-mechanical Tool Engineer to support our engineering activities for our Deployables operating unit. The Electro-mechanical Tool Engineer will support the design and fabrication of solar arrays and deployable mechanical systems on a large variety of commercial and military programs through deriving requirements for release devices, motors, actuators, telemeters, and electrical interconnect hardware.

This position may be filled as either a Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer (level 3) or a Senior Principal Electro-Mechanical Engineer (level 4).

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Derive requirements for offloading devices, motors, actuators, telemeters, and electrical interconnect hardware (harnessing)
• Provide electro-mechanical component technical guidance and direction to engineering team in the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of a project
  • Designs production molds, assembly fixtures, handling fixtures, drill jigs, machining fixtures, test fixtures, inspection fixtures, and other tooling required for manufacturing, handling and test.
  • Utilizes CAD (NX, Creo) equipment, develops basic data, completes preliminary analysis for material sizing, and makes preliminary layouts, sketches and notes necessary to present design proposals and/or concepts to internal and external customers.
• Communicate available component capabilities & limitations to internal and external customers to arrive at best solutions
• Generate drawings & documents including source control drawings
• Applies electrical, electronic and mechanical principles to components and systems, including assembly, analysis, and documentation of results; construction of developmental assemblies, sub-assemblies and components; and quality testing
• Supports and participates in the design, test, modification, fabrication, and assembly of prototype electro-mechanical systems
• Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into component systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints
• Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detailed trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware specifications
• Recommend and support the selection, testing, and failure analysis of components for military, science, and commercial space subsystems
• Use independent, advanced knowledge and ideas to guide the development and implementation of technical solutions to highly complex problems
• Participate in anomaly resolution by supporting Failure Review Boards (FRB) and providing non-conformance and failure analysis assessments
• Review and approve analysis and engineering drawings
• Interact with internal and external customers
• Develop and present materials for project related briefings including design reviews to be given to internal and external customers
• Collaborate with other disciplines including design, manufacturing, quality, and procurement

Basic Qualifications for a Principal (level 3):

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years’ relevant experience; OR 3 years’ relevant experience with a Masters' degree in a STEM discipline
• Demonstrated ability to support electro-mechanical engineering activities in the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of a project
• Ability to travel between the Oxnard and Goleta, CA sites, and travel to support customers as needed
• US Citizenship required

Basic Requirements for a Senior Principal (level 4):

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline with 9 years’ relevant experience; OR 7 years’ relevant experience with a Masters' degree in a STEM discipline; OR 4 years’ relevant experience with a PhD
• Experience in providing technical guidance and direction to support electro-mechanical engineering activities in the design, test, production, and maintenance phases of a project

• Ability to travel between the Oxnard and Goleta, CA sites, and travel to support customers as needed
• US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS degree in Aerospace, Electronics, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• Understanding of mechanics including loads and stress calculations, stiffness, strength
• Understanding of electricity and magnetism, including circuits, Ohms Law, power, heat generation/dissipation, inductance, magnetic permeability, insulation, capacitance, ESD & mitigation
• Previous experience running IPT teams with Earned Value Management (EVM) or CAM experience
• Ability to provide technical communication and coordination with internal and external customers

Salary Range: $110,300.00 - $165,500.00Salary Range 2: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.