Northrop Grumman

Senior Principal Engineer – Systems

Northrop Grumman

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Roy • California • Utah • United States

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Salary

💰 $122,800 - $213,400 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • The selected Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) engineer will be an essential part of the Design Integrated Product Team and provide technical RAM assessments and evaluations of equipment as part of the design development process.
  • Analyzes equipment designs and provides Baseline Comparative Systems (BCS) assessments, MIL-HDBK-217, Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (EPRD) and Non-Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (NPRD) Predictions, as required.
  • Develops Reliability Block Diagrams to assess Basic and Mission Reliability requirements.
  • Develops Maintenance Task Analyses (MTAs) to determine component repair times, crew size, support equipment, skill levels and maintenance tasks required to restore a component to an operational condition.
  • Provides RAM assessments to the design trade study process.
  • Develops Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECAs) to identity single point failures, safety critical failure modes, fault isolation and detection percentages and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) scheduled maintenance assessments.
  • Identifies Reliability Critical Items (RCIs) and Functionally Significant Items (FSIs) to track and ensure RAM performance.
  • The candidate will provide leadership and training to junior RAM Engineers, as part of their career development.
  • Ability to develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs.

Requirements

  • 8 Years with a Bachelor's degree in STEM, 6 Years with a Master's degree, 4 Years with a PhD.
  • Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
  • Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
  • 4 years of experience with Risk Management Tools
  • 2 years of experience using DOORs 9.6 or similar
  • 2 years of experience implementing Model Based Systems Engineering plans or methodology
Benefits
  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Reliability EngineeringAvailability EngineeringMaintainability EngineeringBaseline Comparative Systems (BCS) assessmentsMIL-HDBK-217Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (EPRD)Non-Electronic Predicted Reliability Data (NPRD)Reliability Block DiagramsFailure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analyses (FMECAs)Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
Soft Skills
leadershiptrainingcoordinationcommunication
Certifications
DoD Secret Clearance