Mechanical Design Engineer

In this Mechanical Design Engineer role within Northrop Grumman’s Aeronautics Systems organization, you will support engineering delivery in San Diego by creating and releasing key design documentation for ground equipment and cabling. The position focuses on building accurate 3D CAD content and producing hardware, interconnect, and schematic drawing packages using CATIA V5 and Teamcenter PLM.

Role summary

Working onsite in San Diego, you will generate 3D CAD models of ground equipment and cable routing and release the associated drawing packages through Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). You will also support formal change activity, documentation audits, and engineering support for integration and production/development efforts.

Responsibilities

• Generate 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) models of ground equipment and cable routing using vendor-provided and custom CAD data
• Create 3D COTS WRA assemblies, cable drawings, and rack assemblies
• Generate and release Hardware, Interconnect, and Schematic drawing packages
• Support drawing release processes through Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
• Provide technical support for the development of formal Change Requests progressing through program review boards
• Support customer audits of engineering documentation and system configurations
• Provide engineering support for production and development activities, including integration of hardware and software
• Serve as a member of responsible engineers supporting hardware development in Triton labs
• Support development of new hardware design recommendations for iterative IFC4 builds
• Investigate integration findings, perform audits, hardware installation, hardware failure analysis, and replacement

Required skills and qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government clearance and Special Access Program (SAP) within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
• Ability to obtain and maintain US Government Top Secret clearance
• Experience generating 3D CAD models for ground support equipment, cable routing, and rack assemblies
• Hands-on experience with CATIA V5 for 3D modeling and drafting
• Experience creating COTS WRA assemblies, cable drawings, and rack assembly drawings
• Ability to occasionally work odd shifts including nights and weekends

Technologies

• CATIA V5
• Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Education and experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM discipline
• 2+ years of related professional/military experience for the stated level 2 qualification

Clearance and start requirements

• Clearance required for start: Yes
• Clearance type: Secret
• Must have ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance

Travel

• 10% of the time

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• Flexible work arrangements
• 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Depending on the position, eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives (for employees in Vice President or Director positions)

Compensation: USD 91,800 - 171,000 per yearly.

Preferred qualifications: 3D CAD experience with PLM tools such as Teamcenter; an active US Government Secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).