Principal Production Systems Engineer Level 3 (AHT)
About The Position
Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Principal Production Systems Engineer to support the Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) Production program with our talented Advanced Weapons team. The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Northridge, CA. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available. The ideal candidate will have experience in systems engineering lifecycle of missile / weapon system development program(s) and production experience. They will have technical knowledge in one or more of the subsystems of missile/weapon system, e.g., RF/sensors, guidance, navigation, control, telemetry/communication, and airframe. This candidate will work directly with the program’s Systems Engineering Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, supporting the production cadence and projects for the Guidance Section.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline and a minimum of five (5) years of systems engineering or related engineering experience.
- Experience systems engineering tools
- Experience in root cause correction action process and execution.
- Must have proven experience in communicating with peers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion.
- Must have demonstrated experience in providing solutions to a variety of technical problems under general supervision.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering approach.
- Experience in configuration management and product lifecycle management tool(s).
- Experience working in the defense industry or weapon systems
- Experience in systems requirements development and management
- Experience in system verification
Responsibilities
- Provide systems engineering support as part of a trouble shooting team with systems matter expertise on other areas, e.g., sensor/radar, software, mechanical, electrical, and material properties).
- Provide engineering solution to a variety of technical problems and projects.
- Developing/updating requirements, test plan, test procedures, etc., to support Production Engineering projects.
- Perform data mining for both failure database (TipQA) and Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) data variability analysis.
- Support efforts for Failure Trend Analysis, Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations on RF / electronics sensor systems with exposure to hardware, software, and various applications used on the projects.
- Generate and present data analysis results in vu-graphs to support internal and external meetings.
- Interface with team members, supervisor, project leads, and external customers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion to communicate technical briefing and program status.
- Support systems engineering metrics and technical performance measurement tracking.
- Support the preparation of system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as needed.
- Support Program Management activities to ensure cost and schedule objectives are met; support program status efforts including Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tracking and Control Account Management (CAM) activities.
- Partner with Global Supply Chain to manage the technical, schedule, cost, and quality of the missile components from our subcontractors.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance
- health insurance coverage
- life and disability insurance
- savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- overtime
- shift differential
- discretionary bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
