Principal / Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

Payload and Ground Systems Division (PGSD) is an industry-leading provider for payload systems capabilities serving national security, military, civil and commercial customers. We are built on a heritage of providing innovative, affordable and reliable aerospace and defense products that our customers rely on to achieve mission success. Join the Space revolution and make the impossible, possible.

PGSD has an opening for a Principal (level 3) / Sr. Principal (level 4) Reliability Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Azusa, CA. This role will report on-site daily. We can accommodate partial teleworking, but it is fully dependent upon business/program/team need.

General description of roles and responsibilities of Principal / Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer:

Develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs. Recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. Complies and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Analyzes preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives. May develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks. As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specifies minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.

Additional specific functions include:

• Determining failure rates
• Generating predictions and models
• Allocation of reliability requirements
• Performing FMEA
• Identifying failure modes and responses
• Identifying critical items
• Providing general support for design reviews,
• Developing technical solutions to reliability and availability problems
• Implementing probability and statistical tools to solve problems involving

Basic Qualifications for Principal Reliability Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum 5 years experience, OR Master’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum of 3 years experience, OR a PhD in a STEM field and 0 years of experience
• Ability to obtain & maintain a DoD secret security clearance (US Citizenship Required)

Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum 9 years experience, OR Master’s degree in a STEM field and a minimum of 7 years experience, OR a PhD in a STEM field and 4 years of experience
• Ability to obtain & maintain a DoD secret security clearance (US Citizenship Required)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with electronics components and design principles
• Proven familiarity with reliability prediction modeling and tools
• Hands-on reliability experience with Space systems
• Current & active DoD security clearance
   

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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Salary Range: $95,000 USD - $142,400 USD

Salary Range 2: $117,700 USD - $176,500 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.