Principal Reliability Engineer - R10212701

Principal Reliability Engineer - R

Northrop Grumman – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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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.

Our Aeronautics Systems Sector is seeking a Principal Reliability Engineer in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for support projects associated with the design and development of communication, navigation, radar, avionics, power and/or electrical systems architecture, components, circuits, and products or aircraft maintenance. The employee will research, develop, design, and test electrical components, equipment, systems, and products for defense systems or commercial purposes.

You will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Lifecycle Sustainment and Modernization Solutions (LSMS). LSMS provides sustainment support for the US Air Force B-1 and B-2 Bombers, E-3 Sentry, Airborne Warning and Control System, and numerous other Government platforms. Our team members complete engineering, reverse engineering, and logistics solution efforts to solve complex obsolescence problems and ensure warfighter supportability.

The Reliability Engineer will support all levels of total system products including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal. The activities that this engineer will help execute within these levels will be those pertaining to technical planning, system integration, ground and flight testing, verification and validation, airworthiness, cost and risk, reliability / maintainability / availability calculations, supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

This person will help develop, coordinate, and conduct product life studies and evaluations of engineering designs throughout the program life cycle (e.g., business capture, development, production, and sustainment).

• Assess designs by evaluating engineering needs, system/component specifications, use cases, and prior system performance
• Assess system/component field performance using field data and use that data to create statistical reports, interpret historical trends, and help identify factors affecting field performance
• Use field data to create and maintain a comprehensive timeline of field failures, modifications, time change items, etc. to better understand field behavior and help support other teams’ analyses (e.g., spares analysis)
• Maintain a failure and corrective actions database (e.g., FRACAS) that tracks engineering solutions efficacy
• Contribute to the completion of milestones associated with specific projects and requirements
• Provide solutions to a variety of technical problems of increasing scope and complexity as assigned
• Support subcontractor evaluation, selection and coordinate activities with respect to reliability needs
• Prepare for, present at and participate in design reviews
• Effectively engage with external customers and internal stakeholders
• Generate high quality work products on‑schedule and on‑budget
• Identify continuous improvement efforts as reliability engineering tasks are performed
• Support program Engineering Configuration Change Board (CCB) and Corrective Action Board (CAB)

• Must either have a Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience or a master’s degree in a STEM discipline with a minimum of 3 years of engineering experience or a PhD degree in STEM…