Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Propulsion Engineer – Level 4 located in Hill Air Force Base, UT, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one.
This position involves all aspects of sustaining the Minuteman III ICBM propulsion systems from depot level maintenance to static and flight tests for solids hardware. This Project Engineer position works within a team alongside Air Force and other contractor counterparts to plan and execute aging surveillance tests at the system and component level. The position may also involve the support and analysis of component level tests, motor static tests, and missile flight tests; the evaluation and planning of methods of approach to integrate new products, technologies, or materials into existing systems; to investigate hardware / test anomalies, determine root cause, and provide recommended countermeasures to the Air Force customer.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Design, Analysis, and Project Engineer roles for technical support of Solid Propulsion Aging and Surveillance (AS), Sustainment, and Procurement activities for the Minuteman III ICBM system
Test planning role for Aging and Surveillance tests for Service Life Estimates
Represent the PSSC program to the Air Force customer at the Hill Air Force Base office
Participate in and provide technical guidance within the customer directed Integrated Product Teams (IPTs)
Act as a technical focal point for the customer ensuring customer satisfaction including participation in NG, customer and government review boards
Work on problem solving and failure investigations of design and repair issues
Drive timely and clearly communicated decisions and recommendations
Work closely with the Program Manager to manage technical execution of the solids programs
Manage cost and schedule for the technical effort
Work with Propulsion Systems functional management to assure proper technical support
Drive technical excellence into the solids team (by upholding technical standards for project, managing technical risks, supporting cost goals, and ensuring requirements compliance)
Provide other support for the MMIII Propulsion sustainment effort as requested by the Chief Engineer
Occasional work at Promontory or Bacchus.
Other duties as assigned
Why you? You’re the candidate we’re searching for if you are ready to achieve the impossible alongside like-minded innovators.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Science with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance
5+ yrs experience in solid rocket motor component design, analysis, manufacturing, project engineering, or systems engineering
Strong analytical problem-solving skills, and ability to deal with ambiguity
Excellent time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to clearly present technical information at all organizational levels both internal and with Government customers
Ability to see how a complex system works (big picture) while working on individual component details and interactions to identify effects in data and determine cause within the hardware
Ability to travel: Travel expectation of 5% – 10%
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in solids design, manufacture, and testing
Engineering leadership experience in solid rocket motor development, qualification, and production cycles
Demonstrated credibility with internal and external customers
Coordination of engineering efforts across multiple design, analysis, production, and test groups as well as teams consisting of multiple disciplines
Demonstrated team leadership skills - leader of significant technical projects or investigations and management of multiple program tasks
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining focused results within reliability, quality, schedule, and budget requirements / constraints
Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner
Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems (Examples: experience with Decision Focus, Fault-tree, Kepner-Tregoe, Fishbone diagrams)
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Primary Level Salary Range: $122,800.00 - $184,200.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.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.