Propulsion Engineer : Level 2/3

Join Northrop Grumman in Chandler, AZ as a Propulsion Engineer with the Energetics Engineering team. This Level 2/3 role centers on building and improving propulsion components and systems through analysis, design, development, testing, and optimization, with opportunities to collaborate across internal teams and with customers and suppliers.

Location: Chandler, AZ (onsite)
Estimated application timeline: 20 days from the job posting date
Salary: USD 79,300 - 147,600 per yearly

What you’ll do

• Perform analysis, design, and test work for one or more moderately complex ordnance, pneumatics, and motor components
• Analyze requirements for materials, structural components, or functional systems
• Select and apply analytical data from previous products, define engineering problems mathematically, and compute engineering characteristics aligned to specifications and design needs
• Develop original concepts and elaborate preliminary design ideas; evaluate designs with other technical groups and implement modifications to reach the best fit design
• Create component drawings and specifications to support procurement, testing, and validation for flight in line with engineering design standards
• Interface with internal and external program customers and suppliers to develop optimized solutions while meeting engineering requirements and program procurement needs
• Conduct complex propulsion component and system design, development, and analysis
• Run trade studies and evaluate alternative designs
• Anticipate customer needs and develop innovative approaches to support them
• Originate constructive ideas to improve existing methods and processes, focusing on better outcomes
• Identify options to solve problems and determine optimal solutions based on cost, technical, and schedule impacts
• Develop and present materials for project briefings, including design reviews for internal and external customers

Required qualifications

• Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Security clearance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to a large customer community
• Ability to solve problems, lead troubleshooting efforts, and drive tasks to completion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities
• Ability to travel 10%
• Education and experience alignment:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 2 years of related engineering experience; OR
  • Master’s degree in STEM with 0 years of related engineering experience
• Experience for higher level alignment:
  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with 5 years of related engineering experience; OR
  • Master’s degree in STEM with 3 years of related engineering experience; OR
  • PhD in STEM with 1 year of related engineering experience

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering
• Product development experience
• Ordnance, pneumatic, or motor testing experience
• Configuration change management experience

Compensation and benefits

Primary level salary range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00
Secondary level salary range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00

• 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 designed to reward individual contributions and share in company results
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives

Relocation and clearance details

• Relocation assistance: may be available
• Clearance required for start: No
• Clearance type: Secret
• Travel: Yes, 10% of the time