Field Liaison Engineer/Principal Field Liaison Engineer
About The Position
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 Aeronautics Systems is looking to add a Field Liaison Engineer / Principal Field Liaison Engineer to join our team at EAFB, CA. The candidate should be a self-starter with familiarity working in an Integrated Product Team construct. The selected individual will join a small team with different and complementary specialty skills to learn and execute repairs and/or modifications to aerospace systems at either a development or field location.
Requirements
- T02: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 2 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 0 years of related engineering experience.
- T03: Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline and 5 years of related engineering experience; OR a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of related engineering experience; OR a PhD in a STEM discipline and 1 years of related engineering experience.
- Experience working with aviation systems and subsystems
- Must be proficient in understanding and following technical manuals and repair manuals
- Must be able to communicate effectively with design engineers and work closely with other aerospace specialties when learning and testing the functionality of new repair procedures or processes
- Must have prior field engineer, mission or maintenance engineering support.
- The candidate must have a deep and diverse mechanical background in aviation systems and sub-systems
- Strong understanding of TCP and UDP based networks and basic familiarity with network management protocols such as DHCP and DNS
- Active U.S Government clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Ability to obtain and maintain initial Special Access Program (SAP) access via a Program Access Request (PAR). This SAP/PAR must be obtained prior to commencement of employment and must be obtained within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs.
- Note: SAP/PAR will be upgraded once selected candidate is in role. Therefore, candidate must also be able to obtain and maintain upgraded SAP/PAR.)
Nice To Haves
- Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
- Active U.S Government Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
- Degree in Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering
- Experience working in an aviation manufacturing or maintenance facility
- Experience interfacing with a customer
- Experience using NX, VisPro, MES, TeamCenter, and CATIA software tools
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and resolve engineering related production problems related to manufacturing, design, quality and material engineering.
- Analyze engineering specifications and drawings; confer with responsible engineers, quality, material, manufacturing and subcontractors to provide and obtain technical information.
- Investigate report of defective, damaged or malfunctioning parts, assemblies, equipment or systems
- Examine, measure, inspect or test defective parts for conformance.
- Evaluate findings to formulate corrective actions.
- Develop installation procedure steps
- Redlines engineering drawings for newly designed parts, components, and subsystems.
- Facilitate retrofit and modification activities in the field to include the execution of the install or repair, and/or provide training or instructions to available technicians
Benefits
- Relocation assistance may be available
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
- Annual bonuses
- Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
