Northrop Grumman · 7 hours ago
Principal / Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer - R10222066
Oklahoma City, OK
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$85K/yr - $127K/yr
5+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Sr. Principal or Principal Reliability Engineer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This role involves supporting projects related to the design and development of various systems and ensuring reliability and maintainability throughout the product lifecycle.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Assess designs by evaluating engineering needs, system/component specifications, use cases, and prior system performance
Assess system/component field performance using field data and use that data to create statistical reports, interpret historical trends, and help identify factors affecting field performance
Use field data to create and maintain a comprehensive timeline of field failures, modifications, time change items, etc. to better understand field behavior and help support other teams’ analyses (e.g., spares analysis)
Maintain a failure and corrective actions database (e.g., FRACAS) that tracks engineering solutions efficacy
Contributes to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects and requirements
Provides solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
Support subcontractor evaluation, selection and coordinate activities with respect to reliability needs
Prepare for, present at and participate in design reviews
Effectively engage with external Customers and internal stakeholders
Generate high quality work products on-schedule and on-budget
Identify continuous improvement efforts as reliability engineering tasks are performed
Support program Engineering Configuration Change Board (CCB) and Corrective Action Board (CAB)
Qualification
Required
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
2 years of industry experience related to reliability engineering in design and/or product sustainment
Experience in MS EXCEL
Exposure to statistical concepts such as descriptive, probabilistic, inferential, etc
Some exposure to coding and data analysis and exploration in Python, R, Matlab, or similar software
Experiences with multiple modeling tools, such as ReliaSoft/RELEX Toolset (Reliability, Maintainability, OpSim, FMECA, Fault Tree, FRACAS, RGA, and Weibull++), AMSAA Models, VMETRIC, RAPTOR, etc.), used for reliability and sparing analysis
Experience in: root cause analysis, test design/execution/data analysis as applicable to accelerated life, reliability growth, and reliability modeling
Experience related to assessing and addressing R&M requirements for design development activities
Experience developing R&M program plans for new systems or for sustainment of existing systems to include staff planning, scheduling, collecting historical data, establishing configuration control processes for large program data storage and R&M software tools analysis
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
Must be able to work on-site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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
5 years of industry experience related to reliability engineering in design and/or product sustainment
Experience in MS EXCEL
Exposure to statistical concepts such as descriptive, probabilistic, inferential, etc
Some exposure to coding and data analysis and exploration in Python, R, Matlab, or similar software
Experiences with multiple modeling tools, such as ReliaSoft/RELEX Toolset (Reliability, Maintainability, OpSim, FMECA, Fault Tree, FRACAS, RGA, and Weibull++), AMSAA Models, VMETRIC, RAPTOR, etc.), used for reliability and sparing analysis
Experience in: root cause analysis, test design/execution/data analysis as applicable to accelerated life, reliability growth, and reliability modeling
Experience related to assessing and addressing R&M requirements for design development activities
Experience developing R&M program plans for new systems or for sustainment of existing systems to include staff planning, scheduling, collecting historical data, establishing configuration control processes for large program data storage and R&M software tools analysis
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs. Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs
Must be able to work on-site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Preferred
Experience with multiple modeling tools, such as ReliaSoft/RELEX Toolset (Reliability, Maintainability, OpSim, FMECA, Fault Tree, FRACAS, RGA, and Weibull++), AMSAA Models, VMETRIC, RAPTOR, etc.), used for reliability and sparing analysis
Experience in root cause analysis, test design/execution/data analysis as applicable to accelerated life, reliability growth, and reliability modeling
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
Knowledge of core reliability and maintainability analysis and activities
Background in performing R&M analysis of aircraft
Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
R&M predictions and allocations
R&M design influence, requirements assessment and tracking, and maintenance task analysis
System integration and testing, ESS, ALT, HALT, Maintainability Demonstrations, and Reliability Demonstrations
Growth Planning and Testing, and Sparing analysis
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
Recent News
2026-02-06
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