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Northrop Grumman · 3 days ago

Principal/Sr. Principal Data Scientist

Northrop Grumman is a leader in technological advancements with a focus on revolutionary systems that impact lives globally. They are seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Data Scientist to create architectures, applications, and statistical reporting to drive process improvements and enable data-driven decisions within their Manufacturing Engineering Team.

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Responsibilities

Creates architectures/models, applications, statistical reporting, and data analysis to identify trends, drive process improvement, and implement scaled digital solutions
Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams to develop solutions enabling data driven decisions, standardized digital procedures, and efficient execution

Qualification

SQLPythonMechanical EngineeringData TransformationDashboarding FrameworksData ModelingAWS DatabasesMachine LearningTime Series AnalysisSolution Architecture

Required

Bachelor's degree with 4 years of technical and/or engineering experience, Master's degree with 3 years of engineering experience, OR PhD with 0 years of experience
Strong understanding of SQL, Python
Experience in data gathering, cleansing and transformation techniques
Strong understanding of Mechanical Engineering Concepts/Theory and Production Operations
Working knowledge of databases (SQL Server, AWS Databases (DynamoDB, RDS, or similar)) and schema
Experience with dashboarding frameworks (Plotly Dash, Panel, Streamlit, Tableau, etc.)
Experience with modeling and normalizing complex data
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top-Secret Clearance as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Ability to work 1st shift '5:00am-3:30pm' or any work schedule (times may vary)
Ability to work for extended periods of time at a workstation on a computer or similar device for up to 10 hours / duration of shift. Occasional extended periods of standing, bending, kneeling
Ability to travel at least 25% to different sites
Bachelor's degree with 8 years of engineering experience, Master's degree with 6 years of engineering experience, OR PhD with 4 years of engineering experience
Strong understanding of SQL, Python
Experience in data gathering, cleansing and transformation techniques
Strong understanding of Mechanical Engineering Concepts/Theory and Production Operations
Working knowledge of databases (SQL Server, AWS Databases (DynamoDB, RDS, or similar)) and schema
Experience with dashboarding frameworks (Plotly Dash, Panel, Streamlit, Tableau, etc.)
Experience with modeling and normalizing complex data
This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Secret or Top-Secret Clearance as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Ability to work 1st shift '5:00am-3:30pm' or any work schedule (times may vary)
Ability to work for extended periods of time at a workstation on a computer or similar device for up to 10 hours / duration of shift. Occasional extended periods of standing, bending, kneeling
Ability to travel at least 25% to other sites

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering/Computer Science/Data Science/Statistics
Current and active Secret or Top-Secret clearance preferred
Experience designing solution architecture
Hands-on experience with core Python data science tools (Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, SciKit-Learn, etc.)
Hands-on experience with machine learning libraries and applications in the manufacturing domain (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
Hands-on experience with time series analysis and sequence modeling
Experience with developing tools to improve efficiency, eliminate repetitive tasks, and implement new analysis tools/techniques

Benefits

Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

Northrop Grumman

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Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$3.7B
Key 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

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Tom Wilson
Corporate Vice President, Enterprise Business Development
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Jeffrey Worsham
Chief Product Owner - Advanced Technology Development
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