
2027 Associate Structural Engineer / Structural Engineer - Huntsville AL
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Northrop Grumman seeks an Associate Structural Engineer or Structural Engineer for its Defense Systems sector in Huntsville, Alabama, supporting the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division. The role joins the Sentinel Post Boost Module Analysis Team, which oversees design and analysis of the Sentinel missile’s post-boost structure and related subsystems. The position may be filled at either the associate or engineer level.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: No
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 Defense Systems is a full-spectrum provider of innovative mission critical solutions in aircraft sustainment and modernization, training and simulation, integrated battle command systems, advanced weapons, and software development and IT modernization and sustainment, focused on dynamic mission-sets with quick-turn requirements for a wide variety of national security, military and civilian customers. Defense Systems aspires to be the fastest growing global defense solutions provider, and we deliver a full spectrum of readiness, decision-making, and effects capabilities and solutions.
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.
Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Structural Engineer / Structural Engineer . This position will be located at our Defense Systems sector in Huntsville, AL.
This requisition may be filled as either an Associate Structural Engineer (T01) or an Structural Engineer (T02) .
The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Strategic Deterrent Systems Division.
The Sentinel Post Boost Module Analysis Team oversees the design/analysis of the post-boost structure of the Sentinel missile and related subsystems and support systems that facilitate the future upgrade to the Minuteman III missile.
Job Responsibilities include:
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Analyzes, researches and develops structural engineering specifications involving metals, non-metallic or composite structural materials for product design, or operation of product to include structures, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and electronics, power plant, armament, heating and ventilating, equipment and maintenance designs.
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Analyzes damage tolerance, durability, design allowables and structural modeling.
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Specific structural engineering specialties may include dynamics and loads, stability and stress fatigue and thermal analysis.
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Tools utilized may include CATIA, IDEAS, ProEngineer and a variety of software applications.
Basic Qualifications for an Associate Structural Engineer (T01):
A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
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Be completing or has completed their bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
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Be majoring in or having majored in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
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Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Basic Qualifications for a Structural Engineer (T02):
A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
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Be completing or has completed their master’s degree from an accredited institution.
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Be majoring in or having majored in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering.
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Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
Preferred Qualifications for both an Associate Structural Engineer (T01) & Structural Engineer (T02):
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Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.70/4.0 or higher
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Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular).
Salary Range:
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Associate Structural Engineer (T01): $72,700 - 109,100
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Structural Engineer (T02): $87,600 - 131,400
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The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
Job Category: Engineering
How this job compares
Set against the 3,316 open Structural Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$73–109K/yr
- US median$105–160K/yr2,119 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $91K, is 31% below the US median midpoint ($131K) — in the lowest quarter of Structural Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 42 open Structural Engineer jobs in Alabama and 3,316 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Structural Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (2,865 postings).
- Education
- 2,381 of the 3,316 open Structural Engineer jobs (72%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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