Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer (Secret Clearance) -18304

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time Description 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. The ideal candidate is a team player; but also, a strong independent contributor with strong leadership skills, demonstrated problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, as well as interpersonal and organizational skills and a proactive, detail-oriented approach. Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to: • Provide technical contributions for conceptual and preliminary design and technology maturation of new advanced concepts for future deterrence needs in the areas of cruise missiles and support systems/subsystems. • Develop design concepts for launcher capsule and provide technical oversight for avionics and airframe design, with an emphasis on minimizing impacts to Navy operations and re-use of existing launch systems. • Contribute to trade studies, architecture development, and system engineering, including producibility and affordability design influence, to produce credible conceptual and preliminary weapon system designs that meet potential customers' performance, cost, schedule, and risk thresholds while informing them of the surrounding design space for capability considerations, especially capability versus life cycle and cost versus technical availability date. • Demonstrate a commitment to ethics and integrity, and the capability to innovate while challenging traditional ways of doing business • Operate in an advanced design environment and collaborate across Suppliers as required to accomplish the team goals • Transition innovative solutions, technologies, and advanced concepts for US strategic deterrence interests to programs of record for product development and fielding. • Evaluate mechanical systems, products, components, and applications by reviewing designs. • Ensure product quality by reviewing mechanical designs and validating that current standards are applied. • Support the delivery of Mechanical Systems design Technical Data Packages, interface models, and additional design artifacts • Support structured trade studies to evaluate alternative design solutions to resolve technical issues • Develop and present design change requests, coordinating with impacted internal and external stakeholders, ensuring configuration control of the technical baseline. • Identify risks and opportunities associated with or driven by design factors and executing handling/mitigation/capture actions to reduce risk or realize opportunities. • Develop and mature Mechanical System designs that meet Weapon System requirements, UFC, MIL-STD, and other applicable codes and regulations. Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree Mechanical Engineering or related STEM field • Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience • Must be a US Citizen • Active Secret clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the