
Mechanical Engineer (Secret Clearance) - 16714
Required skills
- Secret clearance
- SAP clearance
- U.S. citizen
- aircraft/aerospace programs
- requirements generation
- conceptual/detail design
- requirements analysis
- trade studies
- SERD generation
- acquisition
Nice to have
- Master’s degree
- aerospace
- mechanical engineering
- Teamcenter
- equipment maintenance
- fabrication
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mechanical Engineer with an active Secret clearance to support Major Maintenance Vehicles (MMV) for aircraft/aerospace programs. Responsibilities include coordinating with suppliers, reviewing designs, integrating with product teams, participating in design reviews, approving deliverables, and overseeing supplier readiness. The role also involves test and verification oversight for supplier qualification events. Requires a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field, a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience, U.S. citizenship, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Support Equipment hardware development, requirements analysis, and trade studies is essential. A Secret clearance is required, with the ability to obtain SAP clearance. Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree, Teamcenter experience, hands-on equipment maintenance, and knowledge of ICBM subsystems and GD&T.
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.As a Major Maintenance Vehicles (MMV) mechanical engineer, you will be responsible for coordinating with suppliers, reviewing designs, and integrating with other NG integrated product teams to ensure adherence to, and implementation of requirements. You will actively participate in design reviews, review/approve subcontract deliverables and gauge supplier readiness to enter contractual milestones. Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail are critical to be successful in this position. As the suppliers move through the design phase, MMV mechanical engineers will transition to test and verification oversight to assist suppliers through a successful qualification event.
This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field
- Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience
- U.S. citizen
- Active Secret clearance at time of application
- Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
- Experience with Support Equipment hardware development for aircraft/aerospace programs; including requirements generation, conceptual/detail design, design reviews, and/or testing
- Experience with Support Equipment requirements analysis, trade studies, SERD generation, design solutions, acquisition, test, and validation
- Must be an expert with Microsoft Office Suite of tools - Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering or related field with 2-5 years of relatable work experience
- Experience with Teamcenter
- Hands on experience in equipment maintenance, fabrication, assembly, power, hand and measuring tools
- Aerospace / ICBM maintenance experience
- Knowledge in design of mechanical and electrical ICBM subsystems
- Knowledge in the development of SE design solutions
- ANSI/ASME Y14.5 GD&T
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?
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