This position is currently contingent on program award and associated program award funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Please note: Only external candidates and NG employees who are not currently in AS Engineering will be considered under this requisition.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems sector is hiring an Engineer/Principal Engineer focusing on air vehicle ground loads to join our Vehicle Engineering team of qualified, diverse individuals in Melbourne, Florida.

The team member will be expected to perform analysis for ground and miscellaneous condition air vehicle loads. In addition, the successful candidate will be a highly motivated self-starter and will be proactive, forward-thinking, able to work with a small team to rapid resolution of complex technical loads problems and can convey complex technical problems diplomatically and professionally to both other engineering disciplines and leadership.  The candidate will be able to work well in a team environment and form connections across a myriad of disciplines:  including, but not limited to, flight controls, mass properties, stress, and mechanism teams.  The ideal candidate would have experience working in the advanced development world and would understand the depth of analysis this environment requires.

Basic Qualifications

• Engineer: Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 2 years of relevant experience; OR Master of Science (MS) and 0 years of experience

• Principal Engineer: BS in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline and 5 years of relevant experience; OR MS in a STEM discipline and 3 years of relevant experience

• Experience with aircraft ground loads

• Familiarity with developing loads for miscellaneous conditions such as canopy, door, pressurization, engine mount, external store, tie-down/mooring, and aerial refueling.

• Your ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, or Structural Engineering with an emphasis on aircraft loads (flight loads, ground loads)

• Advanced knowledge of detailed ground and flight loads and load mitigation

• Experience with analysis of flight / ground loads to include steady state maneuvers, abrupt maneuvers, gust response, control surface hinge moments

• Experience in the use of industry standard loads and dynamics analysis software such as NASTRAN, PATRAN, FEMAP, ZONAIR, ZAERO

• Experience with MATLAB and CAD Tools (NX)