Sr. Principal Reliability & Maintainability Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Melbourne, FL

1d•$122,800 - $184,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Sector has an opening for a Sr. Principal Reliability & Maintainability Systems Engineer to join their team. This position will be located onsite in Melbourne, FL. The role is within the Product Support organization, focusing on System Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineering Analysis. The engineer will be responsible for establishing, monitoring, and verifying subsystem R&M performance requirements for design changes and new development efforts to ensure R&M program requirements are achieved. The primary focus will be on reliability, maintainability, and testability. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment with high expectations and diverse assignments, collaborating effectively with system engineers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers. Responsibilities may include developing mathematical models to identify failure risks, proposing design changes to improve reliability, and determining units requiring environmental testing. The position requires a self-motivated, proactive, and goal-oriented individual.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of engineering experience OR Master’s Degree in STEM and 6 years of engineering experience OR PhD with 1 years of engineering experience.
Experience in Reliability and Maintainability discipline
Ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated US Government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.
Familiarity with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
Experience with Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
Experience with maintainability demonstrations
Experience with Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT), Reliability Growth Testing (RGT), and Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering or similar Engineering Degree
Minimum 5 years of experience within Reliability and Maintainability discipline
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management
Active, In scope US Government Top Secret or SCI clearance

Responsibilities

Perform R&M allocations and predictions
Develop Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) analysis
Perform Built In Test (BIT) testability analysis
Develop mission reliability analysis
Support the development of teams in the investigation of issues
Liaison with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and suppliers for the R&M of assigned subsystems
Develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs
Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability
Compile and analyze performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes
Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards
Analyze preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives
Develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks
Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability
Determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specify minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data