Posted:
9/15/2025, 6:11:00 AM
Location(s):
Utah, United States ⋅ Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States ⋅ Roy, Utah, United States ⋅ Colorado, United States
Experience Level(s):
Mid Level ⋅ Senior
Field(s):
Mechanical Engineering
Workplace Type:
On-site
The Defense Systems (DS) has an opening for a Principal Mechanical Engineer. This position is a required on-site position, located on-site at our Defense Systems location Colorado Springs, CO or Roy, UT.
This position will support the Sentinel Program's Command and Control (C2) Hardware Engineering team. This position will join a team of Hardware, Electrical, and Mechanical engineers to design hardware systems and components. This position will apply ASME standard processes and procedures to identify, design, and procure electrical and mechanical hardware. This position will derive requirements from parent specifications, compliance documents, and architecture diagrams in order to identify candidate hardware. This position will perform trade studies, Analysis of Alternatives, and create design artifacts which will be documented and released using Product Lifecycle Management tools and technologies. This position will be required to operate in a multi-disciplinary engineering environment consisting of Systems, Software, Design, Compliance, and Hardware engineers.
Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor of Science in STEM and 5 years of related experience or a Master of Science with 3 years of related experience
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time .
•·Experience working with Mechanical, Electrical, and/or Electronic Systems
• Experience reading engineering drawings and specification sheets
• Experience analyzing requirements and interface documentation
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a geographically distributed environment
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Office Suite of tools - PowerPoint, Excel, Word
• Experience resolving issues and providing technical support
• Capable of working with minimal direction and in team environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience deriving hardware-level requirements from interface, compliance, and performance requirements
• Experience interpreting and generating CAD drawings using tools such as NX or Creo, specifically VICDs and SCDs
• Experience using cable routing functionality in Siemens NX
• Experience using Mentor Capital, certification preferred
• Familiarity with Physical Security hardware design parameters including probability of detection and coverage maps
• Experience designing or implementing systems using COTS hardware components
• Understanding of hardware/mechanical design processes and principles
• Experience using IBM Rational DOORS as a requirements management tool
• Understanding of structural and thermal analysis concerns as applied to designing mechanical systems
Website: https://northropgrumman.com/
Headquarter Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States
Employee Count: 10001+
Year Founded: 1994
IPO Status: Public
Last Funding Type: Grant
Industries: Data Integration ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Remote Sensing ⋅ Security ⋅ Software