Airframe Design for Survivability - NG Fellow 1
Northrop Grumman
- Location
- United States California Redondo Beach
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Staff
- Posted
- Sep 1, 2026
About this role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% 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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Airframe Design for Survivability - NG Fellow 1 to join the team of qualified individuals on our Survivability Organization . This leadership role is located onsite in Redondo Beach, CA, Melbourne, FL, San Diego, CA or Oklahoma City, OK or Palmdale, CA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. This position is contingent upon the candidate verification/obtaining final clearances and program access(es) within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. The ideal candidate will provide vision and leadership in the conduct of complex Survivability analytical, developmental, design and demonstration / test assignments related to advanced Survivability technology development and integration for aircraft propulsion. Candidate must also have a proven track record with designs that are specification compliant and producible at scale. This role will serve as technical lead and consultant to various legacy and advanced programs, and Sector initiatives. Responsibilities of this role will include: Support multiple programs, IRAD/CRAD projects, and sector initiatives in a leadership or advisory role including the advancement of new technologies through design, integration, testing, and production Develop and maintain of the NGAS Survivability Airframe vision and develop a roadmap for Edge technologies Participate and occasionally lead independent review teams Special assignments to uncover and resolve complex challenges Develop and mentor the next generation of engineers in discipline. This includes the development of training material. Act as a thought leader for the Survivability community, working across sectors as required Advise multiple levels of management on technical research, applications and long-range business planning Engage and support the United States Department of War Survivability community to facilitate engagements and/or partnerships leading to future business capture opportunities Candidate should have broad-based knowledge and experience in the following key areas: Have deep technical understanding of the predictive capabilities, input fidelity required to execute the predictions and subcomponent validation like material property measurements, subcomponent tests, or full-size representative test models needed to mitigate unacceptable program risk and ensure NGC maintains its credibility with the technical approach Communicate across the engineering disciplines and technology areas to integrate capabilities and communicate technical capabilities and analyses with internal stakeholders and external customers (government customers and company leadership). Sound understanding of Survivability design, materials and the tolerances required to achieve specific levels of performance in production vehicles Knowledge of survivability material characterization, performance and application in Survivability design Expert