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Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical

Hybrid (San Diego, California, United States of America)
Full Time
$110,300 – $165,500
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Location:
San Diego, California, United States of America

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Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) has an opening for a Principal Engineer Aeronautical or a Senior Principal Engineer Aeronautical.  This position is located in San Diego, CA.  Up to 10% travel may be required to perform the statement of work.

A successful Candidate will support aerodynamic, performance, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and stability & control aspects across the full life cycle of the Global Hawk and Triton family of UAVs.  This includes development, design, analysis, modeling, system verification, wind tunnel test, flight test, and field support.  Tasks include support of typical Navy and Air Force DoD program milestones; PDR, CDR and FRR, and working with USAF and NAVAIR engineering.  Additional potential duties could include backup propulsion support.

The ideal candidate will have experience with a wide variety of classical aero analysis tools, aero stability and control analysis, wind tunnel testing, flight testing and data analysis, CFD analysis, proficiency in MATLAB, C/C++, and/or Python, and experience employing these tools in an air vehicle development environment. The ideal candidate will also have excellent communication skills including presentation of analysis and technical report writing.

This position can be filled at either the Principal Engineer or Sr Principal Engineer level.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Basic qualifications for an Principal Engineer Aeronautical include a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 5 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 3 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with no experience

  • Basic qualifications for a Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical include a Bachelor's in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and at least 8 years of experience, a Master's Degree in STEM with 6 years of experience, or a PhD Degree with 3 years of experience.

  • Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance

  • Fixed wing aerodynamics experience

  • Experience programming in MATLAB 

  • Aircraft Stability and control analysis experience

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) experience to include the use of either CFD++, STARCCM+, or Overflow

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field.

  • Active Secret DoD Security Clearance

  • Mission aerodynamic performance analysis experience

  •  6-DOF simulation experience

  • Working experience using Python, C/C++, Fortran, IADS, and / or Teamcenter

  • Flight test experience, CRM trained and certified

  • Wind Tunnel Test planning and execution experience

  • Experience using the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence) 

  • GIT repository experience for source control

  • CFD analysis experience, including meshing and solver techniques (Pointwise and Tecplot 360 flow visualization)

  • Strong communication skills

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