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Overview

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Structural Analyst Engineer - Level 2 to join their Mission Enabling Products team in Commerce, CA. This role involves developing and analyzing propulsion tanks and pressure vessels while collaborating with various engineering functions to ensure successful hardware delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and develop structural models for pressure vessels using various materials.
  • Analyze stress, damage tolerance, and durability against design allowables.
  • Perform structural engineering in dynamics, loads, stability, and fatigue analysis.
  • Review performance specifications and develop analysis plans.
  • Reduce material characterization test data into analysis input properties.
  • Develop and document analysis methods and training packages.
  • Interact with design and development teams to create and verify design solutions.
  • Support development of flight hardware from design to transportation.
  • Assist in the assessment and disposition of discrepant hardware.
  • Prepare and deliver presentations summarizing analysis results.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) in a STEM discipline with 2 years of engineering experience.
  • Experience with finite element modeling and troubleshooting errors.
  • Understanding of loads development and analysis methods.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • Relocation assistance may be available.
  • Travel required: Yes, 10% of the time.

Benefits

Health Insurance
PTO
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How this job compares in Commerce, CA

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 58% above the $35/hr median for welding jobs across California — toward the top of a $29–$45/hr middle band drawn from 365 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 82% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Commerce, CA

Commerce, CA is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across California as a whole we're tracking 486 other active welding openings from 234 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across California.

Northrop Grumman currently has 1 other opening live in California, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in California at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are SpaceX (35), Welding Shop in Los Angeles, CA (17), and Relativity Space (14). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within California, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Long Beach at $49/hr, El Segundo at $48/hr, and Los Angeles at $44/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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