Sr Principal Engineer Reliability

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Melbourne, FL +1 · Systems/Architecture/Test

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer Reliability to lead reliability engineering initiatives for critical operational assets, focusing on improving uptime, reducing failure risk, and optimizing lifecycle performance. The role involves providing subject matter expertise, reviewing technical data, developing maintenance assessments, and interfacing with various engineering and program teams. Requires a STEM degree, experience with reliability engineering tools and methodologies, and an active Interim Top Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide reliability subject matter expert advice on assigned program.
  2. Review and disposition (as required) of system drawings in CAD, NX, Solidworks, specifications and other engineering technical data…includes Northrop Grumman, Supplier, and Government furnished technical data.
  3. Perform detailed review and development of technical data to support development of Reliability Centered Maintenance assessments of avionics systems and complete airframes
  4. Development of model for meeting MTTR and mission timeline requirements
  5. Interface between the reliability organization and other functional elements of the capture program.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM)
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • FRACAS
  • FMEA/ FMECA
  • reading and understanding technical data (e.g., Technical Orders, Engineering Drawings, Parts Lists, Bills of Material, Engineering Specifications, etc.)
  • CAMEO requirement management
  • aviation maintenance, maintenance planning, manufacturing, or design
  • active U.S. Government Secret clearance

Nice to have

  • Masters degree
  • PhD
  • Reliability, Availability, Maintainability
  • ESS
  • Reliability Testing
  • Fault Tree Analysis
  • sparing analysis
  • digital design initiatives
  • Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
  • Model Based Sustainment (MBS)
  • CAMEO Enterprise Architecture
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Modeling/Simulation
  • Logistics Engineering
  • S-Series Standards/Mil-STD 1388
  • military, government, commercial aerospace industry
  • Military Specifications
  • Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs)
  • Data Item Descriptions (DIDs)
  • detailed risk analysis
  • Basis of Estimates (BOE)
  • Capture Development / Capture Teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills.

What the JD emphasized

  • Interim Top Secret clearance
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • FRACAS
  • FMEA/ FMECA