Mechanical Design Engineer - Level 2
Listed on 2026-01-24
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Engineering
Mechanical Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists, Systems Engineer, Aerospace / Aviation / Avionics
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.
We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems, Multi-Domain Operations, and Missile Defense Integration Business Unit (BU) has an exciting career opportunity for a Mechanical Engineer – Level 2to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Huntsville, AL.
Position OverviewThe selected Mechanical Engineer will design mechanical parts, assemblies, subsystems, and complete systems. This also includes 3D CAD modeling, and drafting/review/revision/release of engineering drawings. Will also support the selection of components and materials.
This position offers the option of a 9/80 work schedule on location at our Huntsville, Alabama facility. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Essential Functions- Participate and/or lead small, cross-functional teams performing various design and production-support tasks in an Agile Hardware environment
- Collaborating with other functional areas such as Production, Procurement, Systems Engineering, Quality, and Logistics on aspects of product design, integration, and support
- Create, release, and maintain bill-of-materials, analysis reports, etc.
- Performing mechanical engineering analyses, such as weight/center of mass, structural, transportability, or thermal, and authoring reports documenting them
- Perform with little to no oversight needed to complete assignments
- Handle complex technical issues and resolve them in new and innovative ways
- Assisting in the preparation and submittal of contract deliverable reports and data packages
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of related mechanical design experience, or a Master's Degree and 0-2 years of related mechanical design experience,
- Applicants must have a current active in-scope U.S. Government DoD issued Secret security clearance at the time of application which is required to start.
- Applicant must have the ability and willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.
- Must be able to support an in-office / closed-area work environment full-time.
- Applicants must have recent design experience using a 3D CAD Package such as Solid Works, Creo, or NX
- Experience drafting & reviewing 2D mechanical drawings per ASME standards.
- Experience in evaluating vendor documents to ensure specifications and datasheet meets requirements.
- Familiarity with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-1366, MIL-STD-1472, ASME Y14.5, ASME Y14.100, MIL-STD-31000, MIL-STD-461
- Experience in one or more of the following system engineering knowledge areas: technical planning, requirements derivation, functional analysis, timeline analysis, trade studies, cost and risk analysis, interface definition, system design, system integration, verification and validation, supportability, and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
- Prior experience with engineering PLM systems such as Teamcenter and MRP system such as SAP.
- Good understanding and application of industry engineering technical standards; demonstrated experience in structural design and impact assessments.
- Experience with Agile or Kanban workflow, including tools such as Jira
- Familiarity with Missile Defense Agency…
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