
Engineer Aeronautical - Level 4 : Advanced Programs Active Secret Clearance
Required skills
- Secret Clearance
- STEM degree
- engineering experience
- test
- complex materials
- structural components
- functional systems
- GD&T principles
- engineering principles
- test programs
Nice to have
- Aerospace engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Top Secret Security Clearance
- carbon composites
- NX
- CAD
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking an Engineer Aeronautical - Level 4 professional in Chandler, AZ. This role involves performing analysis, design, or testing of complex materials, structural components, or functional systems using advanced engineering software and GD&T principles. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 8 years of related experience or equivalent advanced degrees, and an active Secret Security clearance. Preferred qualifications include a background in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering, knowledge of carbon composites, and CAD experience. The role offers relocation assistance and involves approximately 10% travel.
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.The Mechanical Engineering group is hiring for an Engineer Aeronautical - Level 4 professional at our Chandler, AZ location.
Essential Functions:
- Based on specific stated objectives, performs analysis, design, or test of one or more complex materials, structural components or functional systems of company products. Use advanced structural and product design engineering software tools. Solid knowledge of GD&T principles and application to designs
- With minimal guidance, studies basic design concepts and criteria for complex materials, components, or functional systems. Applies engineering principles to adapt or improve upon heritage features from previous successful designs of a similar nature
- Makes an extra effort to provide quality customer service. Constantly seeks new sources of information and provides information necessary to meet customer needs
- Demonstrates a willingness to seek creative, new and different ways to accomplish outcomes. Demonstrates a willingness to seek creative, new and different ways to accomplish outcomes
- Perform complex engineering design, development, analysis, and/or test activities to support assigned projects
- Develop test programs as needed to evaluate system elements, such as materials, structural components, etc.
- Manage test activities and test article fabrication, including documentation of results
- Determine engineering tasks required for project planning and execution
- Interact with senior customer personnel on significant technical matters, often requiring coordinated activity across organizational lines
- Perform research for related engineering projects
- Represent the organization as a contact on projects
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in STEM with 6 years of related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
- Active US DoD Secret Security clearance, or higher at the time of application
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Aerospace or Mechanical engineering
- Active US DoD Top Secret Security Clearance
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge in carbon composites
- NX or other CAD experience
- GD&T training
- Ability to present technical content to peers and project groups
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
- 1
Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
technicalmedium
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