Staff Engineer Propulsion

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.Northrop Grumman is in need of a Staff Propulsion Engineer to work at its Elkton, Maryland facility.
Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
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Job Summary
Conduct technical leadership activities of one or more solid rocket motor propulsion elements and/or other company products. Generally, works from statement of work from the customer, directs activities for other engineers, and reviews them for adequacy and technical rigor. Analyze requirements for materials, components, and functional systems. Select applicable analytical data from previous products, determine the technical principles involved, mathematically define the problem and compute the engineering characteristics consistent with the specifications, design needs, and requirements of other portions of the product. Oversee and guide work performed by junior engineers. Develop original ideas, elaborate on preliminary design concepts, and execute product development, qualification, and/or delivery. Work checked through consultation and agreement with others rather than by formal review of superior.
Job Responsibilities

Provide technical direction, with supporting input from relevant subject matter experts
Apply theoretical knowledge, engineering techniques, and test data to the solution of complex components, sub-assemblies, and propulsion systems
Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals and objectives
Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results