
Principal Production Systems Engineer Level 2/3 (AHT)
Required skills
- Secret Clearance
- MES
- TipQA
- Siemens Teamcenter
- Atlassian Jira
- Confluence
- PLM
- Root Cause Correction Action
- EVMS
- CAM
Nice to have
- Model-Based Systems Engineering
- Configuration Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- defense industry
- weapon systems
- systems requirements development
Role summary
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Production Systems Engineer (Level 2/3) for the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) Production program in Northridge, CA. This role involves supporting the production cadence and projects for the Guidance Section, assessing non-conformance tags and ECRs, providing systems engineering support for troubleshooting, developing/updating requirements and test plans, performing data analysis for failure trends and root cause investigations, and interfacing with internal/external stakeholders. The position also requires supporting program management activities, including EVMS and CAM, and partnering with Global Supply Chain to manage subcontractor components. A Bachelor's degree in Engineering with 2-5 years of relevant experience and an active DoD Secret Clearance are required.
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.Northrop Grumman’s Defense Systems is currently seeking a Production Systems Engineer Level 2/3 to support the Stand-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) Production program with our talented Advanced Weapons team.
The selected candidate will be required to work full-time, on-site at our facility in Northridge, CA. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.
The ideal candidate will have experience in systems engineering lifecycle of missile / weapon system development program(s) and production experience. They will have technical knowledge in one or more of the subsystems of missile/weapon system, e.g., RF/sensors, guidance, navigation, control, telemetry/communication, and airframe. This candidate will work directly with the program’s Systems Engineering Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead, supporting the production cadence and projects for the Guidance Section.
In this role, the selected candidate will (but not be limited to):
- Assess, disposition, and buy off non-conformance (MRB) tags and Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) as they arise in the test environment.
- Establish and maintain Material Review Board authority to autonomously address the rigors of the role.
- Provide systems engineering support as part of a trouble shooting team with systems matter expertise on other areas, e.g., sensor/radar, software, mechanical, electrical, and material properties).
- Provide engineering solutions to a variety of technical problems and projects.
- Developing/updating requirements, test plan, test procedures, etc., to support Production Engineering projects.
- Perform data mining for both failure database (TipQA) and Acceptance Test Procedure (ATP) data variability analysis.
- Support efforts for Failure Trend Analysis, Root Cause and Corrective Action investigations on RF / electronics sensor systems with exposure to hardware, software, and various applications used on the projects.
- Generate and present data analysis results in vu-graphs to support internal and external meetings.
- Interface with team members, supervisor, project leads, and external customers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion to communicate technical briefing and program status.
- Support systems engineering metrics and technical performance measurement tracking.
- Support the preparation of system engineering materials during System Requirements Review, System Functional Review, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, System Verification Review, Test Readiness Review, and other program reviews as needed.
- Support Program Management activities to ensure cost and schedule objectives are met; support program status efforts including Earned Value Management System (EVMS) tracking and Control Account Management (CAM) activities.
- Partner with Global Supply Chain to manage the technical, schedule, cost, and quality of the missile components from our subcontractors.
Basic Qualifications Level 2:
- Bachelor of Science in a Engineering discipline and a minimum of two (2) years of systems engineering or related engineering experience, or a Masters and (0) years.
- Experience with systems engineering tools such as MES/TipQA, Siemens Teamcenter, Atlassian Jira + Confluence, or PLM.
- Experience in root cause correction action process and execution.
- Must have proven experience in communicating with peers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion.
- Must have demonstrated experience in providing solutions to a variety of technical problems under general supervision.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Basic Qualifications Level 3:
- Bachelor of Science in a Engineering discipline and a minimum of five (5) years of systems engineering or related engineering experience, or a Masters and (3) years.
- Experience with systems engineering tools
- Experience in root cause correction action process and execution.
- Must have proven experience in communicating with peers in a methodical, detailed and process-oriented fashion.
- Must have demonstrated experience in providing solutions to a variety of technical problems under general supervision.
- Active DoD Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Model-Based Systems Engineering approach.
- Experience in configuration management and product lifecycle management tool(s).
- Experience working in the defense industry or weapon systems
- Experience in systems requirements development and management
- Experience in system verification
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
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Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
technicalmedium - 2
Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
technicalmedium - 3
Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
system designmedium - 4
Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
system designmedium - 5
What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
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