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Northrop Grumman

Principal Engineer – Structural Design

Northrop Grumman

. Work in a high-paced team environment to support program goals and schedule .

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeOklahoma City • California, Oklahoma • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Work in a high-paced team environment to support program goals and schedule
  • Develop solutions to difficult problems that are thorough, imaginative, practical, and consistent with program objectives
  • Provide MRB dispositions for primary and secondary structures
  • Evaluate as-built products for conformity to standards, procedures, and specifications
  • Clearly communicate and coordinate with other disciplines during the development of design solutions
  • Present and explain structural issues and solutions to internal management and customer representatives
  • Utilize computer-aided design (CAD) equipment and technical applications such as CATIA and Teamcenter
  • Develop layouts, sketches, and blueprints and investigate design factors such as damage tolerance, durability, design allowables, and structural modeling
  • Identify design errors or deficiencies and make recommendations for changes

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of experience in Aerospace structural design OR an MS degree in STEM with 3 years of related experience
  • Minimum: Principal Engineer level: 5 years with Bachelor's or 3 years with Master's
  • Senior Principal Engineer level: Bachelors in STEM with a minimum of 8 years or MS degree in STEM with 6 years or PhD in STEM
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top Secret Clearance
  • Experience in the design of bonded composite primary and secondary aircraft structures
  • High level of proficiency using Unigraphics Nx or CATIA V5

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Health insurance coverage
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Savings plan
  • Company paid holidays
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools
Aerospace structural designdesign of bonded composite structuresdamage tolerance analysisdurability analysisdesign allowablesstructural modelingdesign error identificationrecommendation for design changes
Soft Skills
communicationcoordinationproblem-solvingimaginationpracticality
Certifications
DOD Secret ClearanceDOD Top Secret Clearance