2026 Associate Structural Analysis Engineer / Structural Analysis Engineer - San Diego C

Northrop Grumman is a space pioneer, supporting government, civil and commercial customers in solving their biggest challenges. Our forward-leaning, innovative spirit is backed by a legacy of expertise that began at the dawn of the space age. Our mission experience in space runs deep, we know our customers well, and our capabilities are unmatched. This is what allows us to provide reliable, agile and affordable space solutions to best serve our customers.

From defending freedom to advancing human discovery, we are defining what is possible in space every day.

Entry Level opportunities at Northrop Grumman are unique. Are you interested in boosting your knowledge through experience and exposure, while supporting a mission that seeks to protect our nation and its allies?  If so, then Northrop Grumman is the place you!

Our professionals live and breathe different perspectives; we are curious about the world, accepting each other, and aware that the more ideas, backgrounds, opinions and experiences we bring to our work, the stronger that work will be. Just as you would invest your time and hard work into our company, we focus on investing back into you through enriching professional experiences and high-quality learning and development opportunities. We want you to bring your whole self to work, and for you to have meaningful connections with your coworkers, customers and communities, while providing the best products, systems and technologies to protect our world.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit. MEP designs, builds, and delivers space, defense and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include satellites and associated space components and services, launch vehicles and related propulsion systems, missile products, subsystems and defense electronics, precision weapons, armament systems, and advanced aerospace structures.

• →Assess structural integrity of metallic and composite structures using traditional closed form solutions, as well as finite element analysis (FEA)
• →Interact with design and development teams (teams include specialists in Design, Quality, Materials, Manufacturing) to create and verify creative design solutions that meet all requirements (technical, cost, schedule)
• →Generate Finite Element Models and perform FEA for normal modes, linear static stress, dynamic response/stress, thermo-elastic distortion, and hygroscopic distortion
• →Support development of fight hardware from preliminary through detailed design, drawing release, manufacturing, integration, verification testing, and transportation
• →Reduce material characterization test data into analysis input properties and material capability properties
• →Prepare and make presentations summarizing structural assessment results for internal review boards and external customer design reviews
• →Assist in assessment and disposition of discrepant hardware and hardware anomalies

Basic Qualifications for an Associate Structural Engineer :

• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
• The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Experience with finite element modeling
• Knowledge of structural analysis for aerospace structures containing metals, sandwich panels, composite materials, plastics and bonded joints

Basic Qualifications for a Structural Engineer:

• Be completing or has completed their Master’s degree from an accredited institution
• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree
• Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
• The ability to obtain Special Access Program within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Experience with finite element modeling
• Knowledge of structural analysis for aerospace structures containing metals, sandwich panels, composite materials, plastics and bonded joints

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
• MS in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering
• Proficiency in Femap, NX Nastran, Altair Hyperworks, NX, and Matlab
• Experience in performing static, dynamic, analysis of both composites and metallic materials
• Knowledge of composite materials application for extreme environments
• Previous experience in aerospace manufacturing facility

• Associate Structural Engineer: $76,200 to $114,400
• Structural Engineer: $91,800 to $137,600   

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