
Sentinel Principal Structural Engineer - 20388
Required skills
- Secret Clearance
- SAP
- DoD Secret Clearance
- US Citizen
Nice to have
- ABAQUS
- FEMAP
- ANSYS
- NX
- CPLM
- TeamCenter
Role summary
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer for the Sentinel program in Roy, Utah. This role involves analyzing and designing facilities and subsystems supporting missile upgrades and flight test facilities. Responsibilities include structural engineering specifications, damage tolerance, durability, and structural modeling, with potential specialties in dynamics, loads, stability, stress, fatigue, and thermal analysis. Tools like CATIA, IDEAS, ProEngineer, MATLAB, and Nastran may be utilized. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, 5 years of relevant experience, and an active DoD Secret Clearance. Experience with structural dynamics, missile/spacecraft structures, and vibration analysis is essential. Preferred qualifications include proficiency with ABAQUS, FEMAP, ANSYS, NX, TeamCenter, and seismic analysis.
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.At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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.
Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Structural Engineer. This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.
What You Will Get To Do:
The Sentinel Infrastructure Analysis Team oversees the design/analysis of the facilities and related subsystems that support the future upgrade to the Minuteman III missile as well as the unique flight test facilities. Our teams are hiring Analysis Engineers within areas of focus: Structural Engineering/Analysis, Thermal Analysis, Bolted Joint analysis, Welded Joint Analysis, etc.
Analyzes, researches and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating and ventilating, equipment and maintenance designs. Analyzes damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling. Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability and stress fatigue and thermal analysis. Tools utilized may include CATIA, IDEAS, ProEngineer and a variety of software applications.
Position Benefits:
As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
- 401k
- Educational Assistance
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
- Paid Time Off
- Health & Wellness Resources
- Employee Discounts
This positions 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.
You’ll Bring These Qualifications:
Principal Structural Engineer: 5 years of relevant experience with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD.
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or relevant technical field;
- Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with investigation date within 6 years.
- U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP).
- Knowledge and/or experience with structural dynamics analysis of spacecraft, aircraft, or missiles.
- Professional knowledge of missile and/or spacecraft structures, statics, strength of materials, structural dynamics principles, and methods.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with adjacent disciplines (e.g. systems engineering, aerodynamics, stress analysis, design, test) in a highly integrated team environment.
- Proficient in programming and use of MATLAB (or equivalent) for analysis and data manipulation.
- Experience running modal transient analysis in Nastran (or equivalent).
- Experience with launch vehicle, spacecraft, and rocket engine vibroacoustics analysis.
- Experience with time domain, frequency domain, and/or random vibration analysis.
These Qualifications Are Nice To Have:
- Proficiency with ABAQUS, FEMAP, and ANSYS.
- Exposure to structural test applications.
- Experience with seismic analysis (ASCE 7).
- Exposure to missiles program requirements & with propulsion.
- Navigate through NX 3D models and CPLM.
- TeamCenter CPLM experience.
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