Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago
Principal Systems Engineer - Reliability
Melbourne, FL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$98K/yr - $148K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Principal Systems Engineer - Reliability to join their Product Support organization. The role involves performing System Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) Engineering Analysis and ensuring that R&M program requirements are achieved through collaboration and technical studies.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
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
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)
Liaison with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and suppliers for the R&M of assigned subsystems
Collaborate closely with system engineers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of engineering experience OR Master's Degree in STEM and 3 years of engineering experience OR PhD with 1 years of engineering experience
Experience in Reliability and Maintainability discipline
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated DoD Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company
Preferred
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 DoD Top Secret or SCI clearance
Benefits
Retirement and Savings Plan
Group medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
Leadership Team
Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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