Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB) OR Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB) to join our team of qualified diverse individuals.

This position will be located at Edwards Air Force Base, CA and is assigned to a 2nd shift 3/10 schedule (Friday – Sunday).  (Working hours are typically 2:30 pm to 1:00 am. Employees on this shift are compensated as full-time employees.)

Selected candidate must be willing to work extended shifts, weekends, and holidays as required to meet program schedule and objectives. We are looking for self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented people to help us grow our services and become even better at what we do.

In this role, you will be assessing and dispositioning non-conformances as they occur in our test environment. The selected candidate will author detailed engineering direction as well as collaborate readily with support engineering roles in order to ensure the integrity of the final product.  

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as engineering authority for non-conformances supporting the STRIKE program
• Assess, disposition, and buy off non-conformance (MRB) tags and Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) as they arise in the flight test environment.
• Coordinate with a team of multiple disciplines engineers to determine effective solutions to defects that are innovative, thorough, practical, and consistent with organization objectives
• Basic knowledge of subsystems (electrical, hydraulics, fuels, fluids and propulsion systems) installations, composite structures, & metallic structures
• Maintain integrity of the Material Review Board (MRB) process and engineering authority
• Some of the tools you'll be using are NX, VisPro, MES, and TeamCenter

This position can be filled at either the Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB) OR Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB) level, depending upon the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB):

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with 0 years of related engineering experience.
• Active, in-scope DoD Secret clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP). This SAP must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Basic Qualifications for Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer (Liaison MRB):

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) discipline and 8 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience.
• Active, in-scope DoD Secret clearance
• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (SAP). This SAP must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

• Previous or current MRB Liaison Engineer signature authority.
• Experience with TeamCenter and NX, Visualization Professional, or other CAD program
• Experience working hands-on in a production assembly line environment
• Experience with Model Based Engineering (MBE) (3-D model engineering definition)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, leadership, and problem-solving abilities
• In-scope DoD Top Secret Clearance