Sentinel - Principal/ Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - 18081

Northrop Grumman•Roy, UT

3d•$98,400 - $147,600•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer/Sr. Principal Systems Engineer to support the Sentinel Program in Roy, UT. This program involves sustainment, development, production, and deployment of hardware and system modifications for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Ground and Airborne Launch Control Systems, Launch Facilities, and associated infrastructure. The role focuses on Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) to optimize scheduled maintenance, reduce Lifecycle Cost (LCC), and utilize predictive maintenance. This includes developing CBM+ architecture, tool development, and implementing Model-Based Reasoning (MBR) for diagnostic and prognostic capabilities, including Remaining Useful Life (RUL) calculations. The engineer will also implement and maintain a Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS), analyze equipment designs, develop Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD), Maintenance Task Analyses (MTA), Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA), and identify Reliability Critical Items (RCIs). The position requires ensuring a failure reporting information system, analyzing performance reports, ensuring root cause corrective action measures meet R&M standards, proposing design changes, and presenting RAM assessments to Integrated Product Teams (IPTs). Collaboration with suppliers on RAM Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRL) and maintaining RAM tasking updates on the RAM Agile Jira Board are also key responsibilities. This requisition may be filled at either the Principal Systems Engineer level (level 3) or Sr. Principal Systems Engineer level (level 4).

Requirements

Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and 5 years of experience, 3 years of experience with master’s degree, 0 years of experience with PhD.
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in STEM and 8 years of experience, 6 years of experience with master’s degree, 4 years of experience with PhD.
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years
Ability to obtain Special Access within a reasonable period as determined by the business needs of the company. (Principal)
Ability to obtain TOP SECRET clearance and Special Access within a reasonable period as determined by the business needs of the company. (Sr. Principal)
2 years of experience with Prognostic Model Development or Software Development (Principal)
4 years of experience with Prognostic Model Development or Software Development (Sr. Principal)
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in business or STEM related discipline
Experience in developing FMECAs, Reliability Block Diagrams (RBDs) and reliability predictions
Experience in developing mission reliability models for subsystems or assemblies
Experience with Teamcenter
Proficient with Reliasoft
Prior experience developing software reliability models
Experience with supplier management
In depth Aerospace / ICBM experience
Knowledge in design of mechanical and electrical ICBM subsystems
Experience with Prognostic Model Development

Responsibilities

Develop CBM+ architecture and tool development
Embed prognostic and diagnostic capabilities/technologies for the Weapon System
Implements, supports and maintains a Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) closed loop data reporting system.
Tracks all failures of functional equipment parts from date of failure to date of closure in compliance with Customer’s closed loop FRACAS requirements.
Collects diagnostic data and maintenance repair data on repair/fix actions to improve RAM performance.
Analyzes equipment designs and provides Baseline Comparative Systems (BCS) assessments, MIL-HDBK-217, Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (EPRD) and Non-Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (NPRD) Predictions.
Develops Reliability Block Diagrams (RBD) to assess Logistic and Mission Reliability requirements.
Develops Maintenance Task Analyses (MTA) to determine component repair times, crew size, support equipment, skill levels and maintenance tasks required to restore a component to an operational condition.
Develops Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECA) to identify single point failures, safety critical failure modes, fault isolation and detection percentages and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) scheduled maintenance assessments.
Identifies Reliability Critical Items (RCIs).
Ensures a failure reporting information system through which an historical trend database can be managed. Ensure accuracy and completeness of failure reporting data, the analysis and the root cause corrective action implemented.
Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes.
Ensure that failure mode root cause and corrective action (RCCA) measures meet acceptable R&M standards.
As necessary, propose changes in design, to improve system and ensure corrective action effectiveness.
Develops and presents RAM assessments and lessons learned to the Integrated Product Teams (IPT).
Collaborates with the Supplier Management Team (SMT) and suppliers on ensuring all RAM Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRL) are comprehensive and align with all technical requirement in their respective Data Item Descriptions (DID).
Maintains RAM tasking updates on the RAM Agile Jira Board for each Sprint of the Program Increments (PI).