Principal/Sr. Principal Product Supportability & Reliability Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Rolling Meadows, IL

1d•$98,900 - $185,000•Onsite

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. Our Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, for support projects associated with the design and development of avionic mission systems. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Successful candidate will support development and verification/validation of the Product Support elements. Other responsibilities may include traditional Systems Engineering functions, including requirements synthesis and flow-down, system trades study support, systems analysis, coordination of design efforts, and management of technical budgets & interface definitions. This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL location.

Requirements

Must either have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, OR 1 year of experience with a PhD in a STEM discipline (for Principal Reliability Engineer).
Must either have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 8 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of experience, OR 4 year of experience with a PhD in a STEM discipline (for Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer).
Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Previous experience in one of the Product Support or Specialty Engineering (Reliability, Maintainability, Testability, System Safety, or Human Factors) disciplines.
Demonstrated experience with problem resolution on complex technical challenges.
Candidate must be a US Citizen
Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Secret Clearance. Clearance is not required to start.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in multiple of the Product Support and Specialty Engineering disciplines
Experience in the military, government, commercial aerospace industry (e.g. aviation/equipment maintenance, aircraft operations, or commercial industrial technology companies)
Knowledge of Military Specifications, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) and other related technical and contractual documents

Responsibilities

Perform various Product Support analysis such as: Level of Repair Analysis, Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Create and Maintain Logistics Product Data and Provisioning Data
Packaging, Handling, and Shipping definition
Manpower Planning
Sparing Analysis
Facilities and Support Equipment
Based on skill-set, support additional Specialty Engineering functions such as: Reliability and Maintainability analysis (reliability and maintainability predictions, Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)), System Safety, Human Factors, Testability (Built-In-Test Design)
Present supportability approach at engineering design reviews.