Sr Principal Propulsion Engineer

The Northrop Grumman PS&C business unit is based in Elkton, Maryland and began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The Palm Beach Gardens location is the Air-breathing propulsion center of excellence specializing in the design, analysis and system integration of ramjets, scramjets and other advanced air-breathing propulsion systems.

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida is located a very short distance from the Atlantic Ocean.  You would be close to many top beaches, fishing, inland eco-tours, shopping, and restaurants.  Palm Beach Gardens also has many top golf choices and is home to The Professional Golfers Association of America and PGA National Resort.

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Job Summary

Perform mechanical design of one or more moderately complex structural components and functional systems of company products. Generally, work from preliminary studies developed by higher graded engineers. Analyze requirements for materials, structural components, or functional systems. Select applicable analytical data from previous products, determine the technical principles involved, mathematically define the problem and compute the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs and requirements of other portions of the product. Oversee and guide work performed by junior engineers. Develop original ideas and elaborate on preliminary design concepts. Evaluate completed design with supervisor and other technical groups and make modification necessary to achieve an ideal design.

Job Responsibilities

·        Provide technical direction, with supporting input from relevant subject matter experts

·        Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to the solution of more complex components, structures, and sub-assemblies

·        Establish requirements for materials, structural components, and functional systems

·        Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution

·        Document results of design activities and release results after review from other engineers

·        Make recommendations for improving own work and/or group’s work

·        Represents the organization as the prime technical contact on projects

·        Ensure that the product line is adhering to contractual and technical data package requirements

·        Ensure communications with the internal and external teams are taking place across the entire programmatic portfolio

·        Lead the engineering effort to accomplish major milestones, such as: design reviews, technical interchange meetings, test design reviews and test readiness reviews

·        Support earned value performance tracking of various programs in the portfolio

Basic Qualifications

·        Requires Bachelors in STEM plus at least 8 years of design experience or Master’s Degree in STEM and at least 6 years of design experience or a PhD in STEM and at least 4 years of design experience

·        Prior experience guiding and mentoring lower-level engineers

·        Ability to obtain a Secret Clearance which requires US Citizenship as a pre-requisite

·        Proficiency with Siemens NX

·        Ability and willingness to travel 10-25%

Preferred Qualifications

·        Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering strongly preferred

·        Experience with mechanical design of propulsion components or fluid systems

·        Current active Security Clearance

·        Proficiency with Siemens Teamcenter United Architecture

·        Ability to interpret and apply Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)