Principal Logistics Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Logistics Engineer to join our Linthicum, MD based Logistics and Product Support organization.

This position seeks an Engineer to perform Logistics Engineering Tasks such as the managing of customer repairs, Product Support Analysis, Logistics Product Data generation, Sustainment Planning and execution, and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages(DMSMS) management.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence design and sustainment strategies for a variety of products supporting US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps and other customers. Analysis are performed during all phases of a product’s life cycle: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.

The successful candidate will apply both technical knowledge and organizational skills to solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints to perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications. Typical work products will include Trade Studies and engineering analysis to determine a product’s Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis, Support Equipment requirements, Spares Modelling, Trend analysis of maintenance and repair histories, and the identification and mitigation of DMSMS risks.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Performing logistics Product Support Analyses (PSA) to identify parts, equipment, activities and skillset necessary to maintain systems and achieve required levels of operational availability.
• Conduct Trade Studies to design sustainment strategies that minimize a system’ logistics footprint while achieving all other system requirements.
• Interacting with team members to interpret Customer needs and requirements.
• Participating in and presenting technical information in team and customer meetings.
• Coordinate with engineers, manufacturing, and customers to collect and exchange data.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining maintenance objectives of the program.
• Collect, track and analyses data such as usage rates, operation and maintenance trends, inventory level and other relevant information needed to ensure the sustainability of systems.
• Works with team to identify maintenance issues and improve maintenance processes.
• Managing and reporting of customer repairs, and communicating with suppliers to obtain the best outcomes for repairs.
• Contributing to proposal efforts.
• Conducting Logistics Support Analysis for an entire program.
• Build a Level of Repair Analysis for a program.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Logistics Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or relevant discipline with 5 years of experience; a Master's Degree with 3 years of experience; or PhD with 1 year of experience. An additional 4 years of experience…