Principal/Sr. Principal Project Engineer
| Company | Northrop Grumman |
|---|---|
| Location | Box Elder County, UT, USA, West Valley City, UT, USA |
| Salary | $95300 – $178000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Engineering, or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and 5 years’, 3 Years with Masters or 1 Year with PhD (for level 3)
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Engineering, or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and 8 years’, 6 Years with Masters or 4 Year with PhD (for level 4)
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in engineering or related field preferably in a government contractor environment.
- Ability to obtain and/or maintain a DOD Secret clearance.
- U.S. Citizenship is required.
Responsibilities
- Support the D5 Production, Deployed Systems Service, Propulsion Viability and Modernization contracts.
- Interface with internal customers such as R&D Scientists, Operations, and VSET teams as well as frequent interactions with external Customers, Lockheed Martin and Navy.
- Work with Process Engineering, Operations, Tooling, Quality Engineering, and project engineering/designers to improve and refresh the D5 production line and design.
- Prepare specifications, drawings, and the associated change paperwork.
- Prepare test plans and test reports.
- Propose, evaluate, and implement innovative solutions to satisfy program technical, cost and schedule requirements and objectives.
- Represent the technical community at milestone reviews (SDR, PDR, CDR, TIMs).
- Support manufacture of hardware.
- Support development of new technologies for future implementation into production.
Preferred Qualifications
- Technical excellence, collaboration/teamwork, and trustworthiness are required.
- Ability to see the larger picture for the system as a whole.
- Experience in ETM, MRB, configuration management, technical writing (test plans and reports), and change board presentations (Change summary as well as technical justification) helpful.
- Participation in problem analysis boards helpful.
- Demonstrated ability to timely function in a matrixed construct and to self-manage a dynamic demanding workload required.
- Strong demonstrated written and oral communication skills are a must. Detailed scope/schedule/budget planning skills are preferred.
- Technical and project management role, engineering development program support, as well as program/customer interaction experience.
- Prior successful experience in Rocket Motor Assembly process is a plus.