Sentinel (GBSD) Staff Systems Engineer – Reliability 5320-1

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Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer – Reliability. This position will be in Roy, Utah and will support the Sentinel (GBSD) program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

Job Description:

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. Achieving required levels of product RAM is critical in the equation to obtain product quality and customer satisfaction.  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 sure RAM performance. 

Roles and Responsibilities:

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. 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.

Implements, supports and maintains a Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) closed loop data reporting system for the purpose of systematically recording, analyzing, and resolving both equipment reliability and maintainability problems and failures.  Tracks all failures of functional equipment parts from date of failure to date of closure in compliance with Customer’s closed loop FRACAS requirements. Collects diagnostic data and maintenance repair data on repair/fix actions to improve RAM performance.

Ensures a failure reporting information system through which an historical trend database can be managed.  Determines the feasibility of corrective action that, once implemented and verified, minimizes the reoccurrence of the failure mode.  Ensure accuracy and completeness of failure reporting data, the analysis and the root cause corrective action implemented.  Compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics; investigates and analyzes relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that failure mode root cause and corrective action (RCCA) measures meet acceptable R&M standards. As necessary, proposes changes in design, to improve system and ensure corrective action effectiveness.  Develops and presents RAM assessments and lessons learned to the Integrated Product Teams (IPT), as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• 14 Years with Bachelors in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics; 12 Years with Masters; 9 Years with PhD.
• Experience with Teamcenter
• Experience establishing product requirements, design of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical equipment
• U.S. citizen
• Current DoD Secret clearance
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills
• Must be knowledgeable in Microsoft Office Suite - Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands on experience in equipment maintenance, fabrication, assembly, power, hand and measuring tools
• In depth Aerospace / ICBM maintenance experience
• Knowledge in design of mechanical and electrical ICBM subsystems
• Knowledge in the development of SE design solutions
• Proficient with DOORS and Cameo

Salary Range: $112,000 USD - $168,000 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.