Sr. Principal Project Engineer 4

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Sr. Principal Propulsion Engineer – Level 4 located in Promontory, UT, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.

Project Engineers are responsible for planning and execution of technical work supporting Development, Qualification, and Production of the Solid Rocket motors.

Sentinel Project Engineers manage the technical scope and deliverables associated with SRM Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). Strong leadership and organizational skills, and a fundamental knowledge of engineering concepts are required. Familiarity with SRM design, operation, and manufacturing techniques is preferred.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Coordinate with both internal NG and external USG customers

• Develop engineering execution plan to meet master schedules

• Lead hardware design, analysis, and production engineering in the ongoing development and manufacture of Sentinel SRMs

• Ensure completion of engineering deliverables; assert compliance to configuration management requirements

• Support production operations

• Ensure qualification static test objectives are met via coordination with hardware teams

• Coordinate with Systems Engineering teams to ensure effective requirement decomposition and traceability

• Identify and mitigate risks

• Coordinate and conduct deliverable reviews

• Lead problem and failure investigations

• Lead technical reporting efforts

• Perform presentations to internal and external customers

• Travel expectation: 5% – 10%

• Other duties as assigned

Why you? You’re the candidate we’re searching for if you are ready to achieve the impossible alongside like-minded innovators.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (STEM) with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.

• Ability to reference and interpret engineering drawings and solid models

• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance

• Ability to work with energetic materials as a U. S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, firearms and explosives.

• Candidates should have a minimum of 5 years in solid rocket motor design / manufacturing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated flexibility in managing technical solutions given changing customer requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations

• Demonstrated team leadership skills - leader of significant technical projects or investigations and management of multiple program tasks to schedule and budget

• Experience with the proposal process

• Experience in SRM design, operation, and manufacturing techniques

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Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.