Job Description

Description

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We rsquo;re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we rsquo;ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you rsquo;ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career

As an Mechanical Failure Analysis Engineer at Northrop Grumman you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Through the use of Model-based Engineering, DevSecOps and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation

The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment amp; shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation

The Roles and Responsibilities for the Mechanical Failure Analysis include:

* Responsible for identifying and researching failures down to component level and supporting multiple programs ability to meet schedule, yield, reliability targets.
* Highly cross-functional role, working directly with engineers of various disciplines, program management, quality, manufacturing.
* Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, articulate conclusions to the team and advocate for appropriate action; includes presenting up to executive leadership and customers.
* Ability to perform well under-pressure for highly visible and urgent issues.

Qualification

Basic Qualifications

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

* Engineering degree (Bachelor rsquo;s, Master rsquo;s, or PhD) in Mechanical Engineering
* Have 5 years minimum professional work experience (3 with Masters, 0 with PhD) in a related engineering field.
* Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
* Ability to perform and lead both failure analyses and Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCAs)
* Direct technical teams
* Experience with the process/tools/techniques of causal analysis and resolution.
* Ability to prepare samples, collect data, analyze results, and present technical findings to customers
* Experience and affinity for working primarily in a lab environment performing in-depth chemical, physical, or electromechanical failure analysis.
* Proficiency in using failure analysis laboratory equipment including cross-sectioning, X-Ray, SEM/EDS, and optical microscopes.
* Experience with de-processing techniques which include chemical (acid dissolution) and plasma etch.
* Strong understanding of mechanics and materials; ability to understand assembly stack-ups for proper de-construction/de-processing to not destroy evidence for critical failure artifacts.
* Read schematics and layouts and apply failure analysis procedures to identify the failure location, failure mechanism, and the root causes.

Preferred Qualifications:

* Proven expertise with interpreting X-Ray/CT-Scan.
* Experience with electronic test equipment (digital/analog) such as curve tracers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and test systems to do board failure analysis and debugging.
* Experience working with BGA, and flip chip packages is a plus