Systems Engineer - Reliability

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available\n\nCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes\n\nCLEARANCE TYPE: Secret\n\nTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time\n\n## Description\n\nAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people\u0027s 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\u0027s 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 \u2014 and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they\u0027re making history.\n\nAt Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people\u2019s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom and democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have a lot of fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work \u2014 and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they\u2019re making history.\n\n \nNorthrop Grumman Aerospace Systems has an opening for a Systems Engineer - Reliability to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located onsite in Melbourne, FL.\n\n# Accomplish\n\nYou will be assigned work in the Product Support organization performing System Reliability \u0026 Maintainability (R\u0026M) Engineering Analysis. You will be responsible for establishing, monitoring, and verifying subsystem R\u0026M performance requirements for all design changes and new development efforts to ensure that R\u0026M program requirements are achieved. The primary responsibility of the position will be reliability, maintainability, and testability.\n\nEssential Functions:\n\n * Perform R\u0026M allocations and predictions\n\n * Develop Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) analysis\n\n * Perform Built In Test (BIT) testability analysis\n\n * Develop mission reliability analysis\n\n * Support the development of teams in the investigation of issues\n\n * Familiarity with Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)\n\n * Experience with Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)\n\n * Experience with maintainability demonstrations\n\n * Experience with Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT), Reliability Growth Testing (RGT), and Environmental Stress Screening (ESS)\n\n * Liaison with Integrated Product Teams (IPT) and suppliers for the R\u0026M of assigned subsystems\n\n\n\n\nYou should thrive in a fast-paced work environment with high expectations, significantly diverse assignments, collaborative/team settings across all levels. You must be able to collaborate closely with system engineers, hardware designers, and integration/test engineers. You may develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts and design of experiments (DOE) constructs. Recommend design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. Compile and analyze performance reports and process control statistics; investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Analyze preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and governmental agency reliability objectives. \n\nMay develop mathematical models to identify units, batches or processes posing excessive failure risks. As necessary, propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. May determine units and/or batches requiring environmental testing, and specify minimum number of samples to obtain statistically valid data.\n\n# Succeed \n\nThe individual we seek will be self-motivated, proactive, goal-oriented to help us grow our services, become even better at what we do and will possess the following qualifications.\n\nBasic Qualifications:\n\n * Bachelor\u2019s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics discipline from an accredited university and 2 years of engineering experience OR Master\u2019s Degree in STEM and 0 years of engineering experience\n\n * Experience in Reliability and Maintainability discipline\n\n * Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated DoD Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.\n\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n * Bachelor\u2019s degree in Mechanical, Aerospace or Electrical Engineering or similar Engineering Degree\n\n * Minimum 2 years of experience within Reliability and Maintainability discipline\n\n * Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees and management\n\n * Active, In scope DoD Top Secret or SCI clearance\n\n\n\n\n# Thrive with Us\n\nAt Northrop Grumman we are invested in the growth and well-being off all our employees. We offer flexible work arrangements, phenomenal learning opportunities, exposure to a wide variety of projects and customers, and a very friendly team environment.\n\nOur Total Rewards Program offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.\n\nWe have Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that provide benefits for the member, our leaders and the company. Our ERGs offer opportunities to be a friend, be active, be a volunteer, be a leader, to be recognized and to be yourself. Every ERG is inclusive of all employees!\n\nIf you are ready to join us in defining possible, apply now.\n\nPrimary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00\n\nThe above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate\u0027s experience, education, skills and current market conditions.\n\nDepending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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.\n\nThe application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.\n\nNorthrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.\n