Principal / Sr. Principal Business System 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.

The Business Systems Integration (BSI) team within Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (AS) is seeking a motivated individual to join our team as a Principal / Sr. Principal Business System Engineer. This Business Systems position is located in Clearfield/Roy, Utah.

Our team is new to Aerospace Structures Business Unit (ASBU) and will be responsible for Business Systems Integration (BSI). BSI is accountable for ensuring that our design and manufacturing technology usage overlays efficiently with our manufacturing business processes, across our many cross-functional departments. We’re all about ensuring a great user experience for our workforce. The candidate must demonstrate customer support skills, be able to work collaboratively in cross functional team settings and be able to complete assignments with minimal management supervision.  The role requires the ability to effectively manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and to learn new computer applications.

Responsibilities:

• Act as deputy for the Business Systems Integration Manager
• Ensure consistency and quality of production operations applications and processes
• Develop test plans/procedures
• Maintain integration plans for future technology/roadmap schedules, including Digital Transformation
• Act as a resourceful point of contact for both the test and lab development teams
• Support the development of teams in the investigation of issues and escalation of shop floor constraints
• Develop and implement the software integration plans in a test environment
• Draft and publish instructional materials and provide system training to end users
• Represent the organization in providing solutions to complex system issues
• Contribute to the completion of specific programs and projects

Our team enjoys a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, and collaboration across all levels. We are comfortable conversing at all levels of our leadership chain, from the individual contributor level all the way up through senior leadership. We work closely with teams throughout the Production Operations organization: system engineers, design engineers, manufacturing and industrial engineers and operational leadership. 

Our team works a 9/80 work week, which gives you every other Friday off to pursue interests outside of the office. Travel is up to 10%, all within the continental US and typically involves travel to Iuka, MS and Dayton, OH but may require occasional travel to any major NG site. 

This role may be filled at a Principal or Sr. Principal level based on the qualifications outlined below.

Basic Qualifications:

Principal

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 5 years of engineering or operations work experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of engineering or operations work experience. 
• Experience with ERP system(s)
• Experience building training plans
• Experience creating and delivering presentations
• An active in-scope DoD Secret or Top-Secret clearance
• The ability to obtain program access

Senior Principal

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and 9 years of engineering or operations work experience or a Master’s degree in a STEM discipline and 7 years of engineering or operations work experience. 
• Experience with ERP system(s)
• Experience building training plans
• Experience creating and delivering presentations
• An active in-scope DoD Secret or Top-Secret clearance
• The ability to obtain program access
   

Preferred Qualifications:

• Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related Technical Degree
• Experience in the Aerospace Industry or working on Defense Acquisition programs
• Understanding of hardware and software requirements, design, development and testing of system integrations
• Subject Matter Expertise in manufacturing, MRP, quality, or supply chain business processes
• Experience working on teams using an agile framework (e.g. scrum, Kanban)
• Knowledge of Solumina G7+/Costpoint 7.x+/MES 1.0+/Siemens CPLM systems with basic commands
• Experience with large scale manufacturing application implementations (MES, SAP, and CPLM systems)
• Active Special Access Program clearance

Salary Range: $82,000 USD - $123,000 USD

Salary Range 2: $101,600 USD - $152,400 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.