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Sr/Principal Structural Engineer – Multi-Body Dynamics
Company | Northrop Grumman |
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Location | Dulles, VA, USA |
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Salary | $110300 – $206000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Master’s, PhD |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- ABET accredited Graduate Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline along with 5+ Years’ experience OR an ABET Masters Degree with 3 Years of experience OR a PhD Degree in a STEM discipline for Principal Structural Engineer 3
- ABET accredited Graduate Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) discipline along with 9+ Years’ experience OR an ABET Masters Degree with 7 Years of experience OR a PhD Degree in a STEM discipline with 4 years’ of experience for Sr. Principal Structural Engineer 4
- Demonstrated excellence in a space vehicle dynamics/kinematics field such as structural design, stress analysis, materials, and/or vehicle dynamics
- Ability to obtain and maintain all required security clearances and program specific accesses
- Active Top Secret clearance at time of application
Responsibilities
- Use expert knowledge of MBD and structural dynamics to provide design guidance to programs and systems/subsystems engineering teams
- Testing of prototypes and flight hardware, and simulation model correlations
- Strong understanding of computational methods and ability to process and produce reliable interpretations of complex simulation/test data
- Perform Finite Element Analysis tasks (stress/strength, vibration, and loads analyses)
- Maintenance/deployment of engineering applications and computational resources, including specialized computational desktops and servers
Preferred Qualifications
- ABET accredited PhD Degree in Engineering
- 3 years of space system simulation engineering experience
- Demonstrated success in leadership/management roles
- Experience with Simcenter 3D Motion simulation tool
- Experience in controller modeling using Matlab/Simulink