US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

**Description**

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our worlds biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!

We are looking for you to join our team as a Mechanical Design Engineer based out of Woodland Hills, CA. As a Mechanical Design Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

**What Youll get to Do:**

Based in our Woodland Hills, CA office, this position will support senior mechanical engineers in the design of military avionics including inertial navigation and measurement systems and mission computers for military air, land and sea vehicles.

**Responsibilities include:**

+ Mechanical design engineering and lead mechanical engineer responsibilities for inertial navigation systems and/or mission computers, including support for existing product lines
+ Creation of innovative designs with high producibility at minimum unit cost
+ Support for root cause analysis and quick resolution of manufacturing line stops and other critical production activities
+ Collaborative work with other engineering organizations, program management, factory operations, global supply chain and Mission Assurance.

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below

This requisition may be filled at either a Principal Level or a Sr. Principal Level.

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**Basic Qualifications for a Principal Mechanical Engineer are:**

+ 5 years of experience with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering; 3 years of experience with Masters in Mechanical Engineering; or a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
+ Expertise with mechanical CAD software (Siemens NX preferred)
+ Good presentation and writing/communication skills
+ Experience mentoring junior level engineers
+ Active DoD Secret Clearance

**Basic Qualifications for a Sr. Principal Mechanical Engineer are:**

+ 9 years of experience with a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering; 7 years of experience with Masters in Mechanical Engineering; or 4 years of experience with a PhD in Mechanical Engineering
+ Expertise with mechanical CAD software (Siemens NX preferred)
+ Good presentation and writing/communication skills
+ Experience mentoring junior level engineers
+ Active DoD Secret Clearance

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Experience with Siemens NX
+ Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing, drawing creation, tolerance stack-up analysis, etc.
+ Experience supporting Mechanical aspects of Circuit Card Design
+ Experience with mechanical analysis and related tools such as ANSYS and SolidWorks Flow Simulation for structural and thermal analysis
+ Active Secret clearance
+ Demonstrated high degree of creativity and ability to solve a wide range of difficult problems
+ Demonstrated ability to be self-motivated, willing to learn, experience working in a team environment
+ Experience operating using Agile Engineering methodology and JIRA scrum boards task tracking

Salary Range: $92,200.00 - $138,400.00Salary Range 2: $114,300.00 - $171,500.00

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

**The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority** . The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO . U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.