
Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Engineer 4 (AHT)
Required skills
- Reliability
- Maintainability
- data analysis
- trend analysis
- databases
- military maintenance
- sustainment support
- task analysis
- maintenance plans
- provisioning requirements
Nice to have
- engineering design
- new designs
- models
- drawings
- continuous improvement initiatives
- procurement activities
Role summary
Northrop Grumman's Defense Systems is seeking an Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Engineer Level 4 for their Advanced Weapons team in Northridge, CA. This role involves performing ILS engineering activities across a program's lifecycle, serving as a Product Support/Sustainability POC, and supporting logistics design influence. Responsibilities include analyzing technical data to develop logistics data, creating reports like task analysis and maintenance plans, performing Level of Repair Analysis (LORA), developing maintenance concepts for mission readiness, and planning/executing sustainment activities. The position also requires Human Factors analysis and developing PHS&T and Demilitarization plans. A Bachelor's degree in STEM with 8 years of engineering experience (or 6 with a Master's) is required, along with experience in LSA, R&M, developing logistics supportability analyses, LORA, data analysis, and military sustainment support. Familiarity with logistics tools and military maintenance practices is also needed. A Secret DoD Security Clearance is 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 looking for an Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) Engineer level 4 to work with our talented Advanced Weapons team located in Northridge, CA.
As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighter. The ideal candidate will be supporting a secured missile weapon system. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.
This position requires the selected candidate to work on-site in Northridge; CA on a 9/80 schedule. Telework is not available for this position. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.
In this role, the selected candidate will (but not be limited to):
- Perform ILS engineering activities and assist as a technical resource from a program’s concept and proposal phases through development, test, production, and post-production support phases
- Serve as the Product Support/Sustainability point of contact (POC) for assigned programs and integrate into program and engineering teams
- Support logistics design influence efforts and activities necessary to meet system performance requirements
- Analyze and interpret technical data (e.g., drawings, manuals, specifications, etc.) to develop technical and logistics data
- Create/update relevant reports such as task analysis, maintenance plans, or provisioning requirements reports
- Perform/develop/update Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
- Develop maintenance concepts to ensure the most affordable and effective mission readiness solution
- Develop/execute plans for Technical Publications/training materials
- Plan/execute activities that sustain the operation and maintenance of systems to ensure mission readiness
- Conduct logistics analysis using engineering background, analytical skills and knowledge of a wide array of industry tools
- Perform Human Factors analysis on maintenance and operation activities and end items
- Develop/Update Packaging, Handling, Shipping & Transportation (PHS&T) and Demilitarization plans
Basic Qualifications for an Integrated Product Support Engineer:
- Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of engineering experience or 6 years with Masters
- Experience in Logistics Support Analysis (LSA), Reliability, Maintainability or other logistics related discipline
- Experience in developing/generating various types of logistics supportability analyses
- Experience in developing and delivering Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
- Knowledge of analyzing data/trend analysis or databases for tracking logistics and inventory
- Familiar with military maintenance and sustainment support
- Experience in leading and monitoring assigned tasks
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills and ability to interface directly with internal program office and external customers
- U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret DoD Security Clearance within a reasonable period of time to support program needs
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
- Experience in military maintenance and sustainment support
- Engineering design background generating new designs, models, and drawings
- Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives that drive change in an organization
- Experience supporting procurement activities to meet demanding build schedules
- Experience developing LSA products in accordance with MIL-STD-1388, GEIA-STD-0007 or MIL-PRF-49506 in LSA database tools such as EAGLE or SLICwave
- Familiarity with other logistics tools such as Vmetric, EDCAS, COMPASS, CASA, etc.
- Understanding of repair level analysis and life cycle cost modeling
- Previous experience using LSA data to develop either technical data, technical publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETMs), or training products
- Experience with missile systems
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