
Sentinel- Mechanical Design Engineer/Principal Engineer - 20078
Required skills
- Secret clearance
- SAP clearance
- Siemens NX
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Project
- PowerPoint
- Excel
- Word
- MILCON
- Aerospace and Defense programs
Nice to have
- Dynamic environment
- Flexible
- Missiles program requirements
- Propulsion
- 3D design
- 2D drawing
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer or Principal Engineer to join their Support Equipment team. This role involves coordinating with suppliers, reviewing designs, and integrating with product teams to ensure requirements are met. Responsibilities include participating in design reviews, researching, planning, designing, and developing mechanical products. The position requires experience with CAD modeling tools like Siemens NX, mechanical design on MILCON, infrastructure, or Aerospace and Defense programs, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite. A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related STEM field is required, with a minimum of 2 years (Engineer) or 5 years (Principal Engineer) of relevant experience. The ability to obtain a Secret and SAP clearance is mandatory. Preferred qualifications include proficiency with PDM/PLM, GD&T, and experience with missiles programs and propulsion.
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 Mechanical Design Engineer supporting the SDS Support and Training (S&T) Support Equipment team, 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, research, plan, design and develop mechanical products and solutions. Strong interpersonal skills and attention to detail are critical to being successful in this position.
The 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.
This position can be filled as an Engineer (level 2) or Principal Engineer (level 3) depending on years of experience and qualifications.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field
- Minimum of 2 years (level 2) or 5 years (level 3) of relevant experience
- U.S. citizen
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance
- Must have the ability to obtain a SAP clearance
- Experience performing CAD modeling with design tools such as Siemens NX or similar
- Experience performing mechanical design efforts on MILCON, major infrastructure/building projects, or Aerospace and Defense programs.
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of tools - Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word
- Ability to understand and interpret requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
- Able to work independently, function in a dynamic environment, and be flexible to changing direction
- Excellent interpersonal, written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to clearly and succinctly communicate complex concepts
- Exposure to missiles program requirements & with propulsion
- Proficient with 3D design/2D drawing CAD in NX
- Proficient with PDM and/or CPLM
- Proficient with GD&T and ASME Y14.5-2009
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
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Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
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Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
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Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
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What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
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