Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Aeronautical, Air Breathing Propulsion and Integration

Company: Project Management Institute, Inc.
Location: Redondo Beach
Posted on: March 10, 2023

Job Description:

Principal or Senior Principal Engineer Aeronautical, Air Breathing Propulsion and Integration US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: No

**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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal or Sr. Principal Engineer Aeronautical, Engine Performance and Integration to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Redondo Beach, CA.

As an engineer supporting the Air Breathing Propulsion section, the selected candidate will support the design and analysis needs of unclassified and classified programs in Redondo Beach, California. Candidate will interface with customers to define study areas and report status on current programs and technology development efforts. Candidate may interface with their management and technical teams to define business relationships and technology initiatives for both IRAD (Internal Research and Development) and CRAD (Contractual Research and Development) efforts. Candidate will support program activity and perform the functional management role concurrently. This position will support a variety of programs performing analysis and integration activities.

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

**Essential Functions:**

+ Provide engine performance and cycle analysis and guidance to programs
+ Perform subsonic and supersonic inlet and exhaust design and integration
+ Perform project planning to determine program requirements and develop plans for program execution
+ Interface with external engine suppliers and manage external engine supplier activities
+ Interact with internal and external customers, assisting in defining system requirements, defining study areas, and providing status on current programs and technology
+ Develop and present materials for internal and external program related briefings
+ Support new business generation and prepare proposal material
+ Strong verbal and communication skills
+ Technical and ICD writing

_This requisition may be filled at either a Principal or Sr. Principal level._

**Basic Qualifications for a Principal Engineer:**

+ Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with no experience
+ Air Breathing Propulsion knowledge and experience analyzing Air Breathing Propulsion on aircraft (subsonic, supersonic or hypersonic) or missile systems.
+ Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time.
+ A current active in-scope U.S. Government (DoD) Department of Defense issued Secret or higher security clearance is required to start with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).

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

+ Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 9 years of related engineering experience; OR a Masters degree in STEM with 7 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with 4 years of related engineering experience
+ Air Breathing Propulsion knowledge and experience analyzing Air Breathing Propulsion on aircraft (subsonic, supersonic or hypersonic) or missile systems.
+ Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time
+ Must have an active DoD Secret (or higher) clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Education). Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Ten plus (10+) years of experience in Air Breathing Propulsion and Flight Sciences engineering disciplines.
+ Experience in technical leadership and guidance to Air Breathing Propulsion discipline areas.
+ Experience in Air Breathing Propulsion processes and products throughout the program life cycle.
+ Experience in hypersonic design and analysis
+ Demonstrated ability to lead an engineering or cross-functional team.
+ Capable of working with an Agile design team and toolbase (Atlassian preferred)
+ Understanding of Systems Engineering Principles and Model Based Systems Engineering tools (MBSE) with a practical focus for relevant use cases in propulsion integration.
+ Experience with PLM software (Teamcenter)
+ Experience with survivable propulsion systems
+ A current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD Top Secret clearance with current or previous Special Program Access (SAP/PAR).

Salary Range: $104,600.00 - $157,000.00Salary Range 2: $129,700.00 - $194,500.00

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.

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