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Provide vision and leadership for complex survivability analytical, design, and test assignments for advanced aircraft propulsion systems. Develop and maintain the survivability airframe vision while mentoring the next generation of engineers and advising management on technical research.
Requires a STEM degree with at least 18-20 years of relevant industry experience and an active U.S. Government Secret clearance. Must possess deep technical expertise in airframe design for survivability, signature characterization, and verification through full-scale testing.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Airframe Design for Survivability - NG Fellow 1 to join the team of qualified individuals on our Survivability Organization. This leadership role is located onsite in Redondo Beach, CA, Melbourne, FL, San Diego, CA or Oklahoma City, OK or Palmdale, CA.
This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position is contingent upon the candidate verification/obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. The ideal candidate will provide vision and leadership in the conduct of complex Survivability analytical, developmental, design and demonstration / test assignments related to advanced Survivability technology development and integration for aircraft
propulsion. Candidate must also have a proven track record with designs that are specification compliant and producible at scale.
This role will serve as technical lead and consultant to various legacy and advanced programs, and Sector initiatives. Responsibilities of this role will include:
Support multiple programs, IRAD/CRAD projects, and sector initiatives in a leadership or advisory role including the advancement of new technologies through design, integration, testing, and production
Develop and maintain of the NGAS Survivability Airframe vision and develop a roadmap for Edge technologies
Participate and occasionally lead independent review teams
Special assignments to uncover and resolve complex challenges
Develop and mentor the next generation of engineers in discipline. This includes the development of training material.
Act as a thought leader for the Survivability community, working across sectors as required
Advise multiple levels of management on technical research, applications and long-range business planning
Engage and support the United States Department of War Survivability community to facilitate engagements and/or partnerships leading to future business capture opportunities
Candidate should have broad-based knowledge and experience in the following key areas:
Have deep technical understanding of the predictive capabilities, input fidelity required to execute the predictions and subcomponent validation like material property measurements, subcomponent tests, or full-size representative test models needed to mitigate unacceptable program risk and ensure NGC maintains its credibility with the technical approach
Communicate across the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities and communicate technical capabilities and analyses with internal stakeholders and external customers (government customers and company leadership).
Sound understanding of Survivability design, materials and the tolerances required to achieve specific levels of performance in production vehicles
Knowledge of survivability material characterization, performance and application in Survivability design
Expert experience analyzing and explaining similarities and differences between predicted RCS data to measured RCS for full-scale component data, full-scale vehicle data and flight test data
Experience with RCS data processing tools, such as Knowbell, Pioneer or SABER
Experience in survivability component design including more than two major aircraft components
Experience with Tier I, II, III and IV measurement tools and validation
Knowledge of manufacturing best practices for Survivability materials and technologies
Our Leaders at Northrop Grumman live our values daily and encourage our teams to do the same. We do the right thing: upholding the highest ethical standards and facilitating a safe and respectful environment that attracts, retains, and inspires a diverse and engaged team. We do what we promise: holding yourself and others accountable to meet predictable and balanced results. We commit to shared success: operating as OneNG and removing barriers for our teams. Finally, We pioneer: setting a vision that shapes the future and inspires others.
Bachelors, Master’s, and/or PhD in a relevant STEM degree and robust industry related experience; 20 years of experience with a BS or 18 years’ experience with an MS or PhD
Must have significant experience with airframe design for Survivability including materials modeling, signature characterization, and the aircraft design process
Must have extensive knowledge of aircraft contributors to survivability and the design trade space with aircraft and sensor performance
Must have experience in verification and validation of survivability designs through full-scale vehicle and/or flight testing
Must have experience working the adjacent disciplines in the airframe design process and ability to defend a survivability design posture
Must have experience working with Manufacturing to improve the production process for survivability materials and technologies and ability to disposition and defend manufacturing requirements for survivability
At minimum, an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance level is required to apply and to start the role, with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access and Top Secret Clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the Company to meet its business needs
Extensive knowledge of NG survivability codes and tool suite
Ability to effectively communicate the relevance and mission effectiveness of survivability technologies
Extensive knowledge of industry signature tools and techniques for survivability testing
Extensive knowledge of NG manufacturing processes
Experience as part of an independent review team
Experience with tiger team assignments to uncover or resolve complex challenges
Significant experience in developing and mentoring engineers and technicians in discipline
Experience working across industry to facilitate engagements and/or partnerships leading to future business capture opportunities or technological advancement
Experience working in a SAP/SAR environment
An active U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret (TS)/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance [TS/SCI]
We are a close-knit community of big thinkers collaborating to keep the world safe. Our passion, creativity and expertise bring next-level technology solutions to life in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, space, and logistics and modernization for our customers around the globe. On the Northrop Grumman team, you’ll join our pursuit of excellence immersed in a dynamic culture of innovation and respect. Your unique perspective will help achieve our shared vision for the future of global security. Every step of the way, you'll be supported by world-class training, employee resource groups and a comprehensive benefits package that enables greater health and happiness for you and your family. Worldwide and across disciplines, we’re challenging what’s possible for technology to protect people and places from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace. And we see the impact of our performance every day. We are Northrop Grumman, and we work on what matters—now, you too can make a difference. Explore opportunities in engineering, IT, manufacturing, business management, cybersecurity and more at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions. Our careers site can be found at jobs.northropgrumman.com/careers. If you are contacted about a job at Northrop Grumman, please verify the email came from the domain @ngc.com before engaging with that contact. If you are contacted by a Northrop Grumman recruiter on LinkedIn, please that their profile includes the verified check mark to ensure the contact is legitimate.
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