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Sentinel - Principal / Sr Principal Engineer Reliability - 16669

Northrop Grumman

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$89,400 - $134,200
Unspecified
Engineering - Mechanical
Roy, UT (On-Site/Office)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% 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 is seeking an experienced Principal / Senior Principal Reliability Engineer to support Systems Engineering. This position is located in Roy, UT.

The selected candidate will join a team modeling high level Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C) processes across multiple campuses. This role will involve Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) modeling and strategy selection for a large missile system. The RCM team focuses on using failure modes to model potential maintenance strategies and select the best strategy for the overall weapon system. An ideal candidate will have experience modeling large systems of systems and experience finding useful data and trends in large data sets. A candidate with maintenance or logistical background will be able to more easily communicate with stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Clean, Extract, Transform, and Load large reliability data sets between tools
  • Integrate diverse data sets and derive cost effective maintenance strategies
  • Utilize data science techniques
  • Interpret technical drawings and analyze for reliability related issues
  • Produce well-reasoned and clear technical documentation to include Verification and Validation (V&V)
  • Operate within configuration managed tools and documentation
  • Troubleshoot basic scripting issues
  • Participate in optimization of product release train solution
  • Selected candidate must be able to support program tasks in a secure lab environment (on site) a for a minimum of 90% of their total work time.


As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts


This position's standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (STEM)
  • Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
  • Experience with large data management (Structured or unstructured database tools, developing metadata standards, data cleansing, version control)
  • Experience streamlining data processes
  • Demonstrated knowledge of CM principles, concepts, practices, and standards - 1 year experience
  • Proficiency with scripting (Python, C++/C#, SQL, VBA or similar) - 3 years experience
  • Demonstrated technical expertise in the areas of modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) or Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C)- 3 years experience
  • Advanced MS Office Suite proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Active Top Secret Clearance
  • Familiarity with large missile systems, particularly maintenance related
  • Experience with ReliaSoft Software, particularly RCM++
  • Experience with program level maintenance planning
  • Experience with optimization techniques or Designs of Experiments (DOE)
  • Experience with Agile Release Train (ART) or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
  • Experience with DOORs or similar requirements software
  • Experience with GIT, GitLab, GitHub, or similar software configuration management systems
  • Expert with the Atlassian Tool Suite or Jira Methodologies (Agile Practitioner or Scrum Master)


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Primary Level Salary Range: $89,400.00 - $134,200.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $111,700.00 - $167,500.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

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.
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