Sobre este puesto de Space Systems Reliability Engineer en Northrop Grumman
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.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.
The Eastern Region Systems Engineering organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.
Northrop Grumman Space Systems (NGSP) is looking for you to join our team as a Reliability Engineer Level 2 based out of Dulles, VA.
What You’ll Get to Do
- Work directly with the design and systems team to meet proposed requirements.
- Perform failure‑rate predictions using MIL‑HDBK‑217F or similar standards based on bill of materials (BOMs), stress analysis, and thermal analysis.
- Review and approve electrical stress analysis, worst‑case circuit analysis, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), and reliability analysis provided by the design team and vendors.
- Oversee and guide technical assessments and discussions regarding design and impact on reliability.
- Support program‑milestone reviews such as SRR, PDR, and CDR as a Reliability Engineer.
- Support proposals as a technical contributor and reviewer.
- Work closely with systems engineering, development, O&M, and management professionals to ensure that the program lifecycle is accomplished with high quality and efficiency.
Basic Qualifications
- For Reliability Engineer: A Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace engineering, Electrical engineering, or another STEM discipline and 2 years of related experience or a Master's Degree in Aerospace engineering, Electrical engineering, or another STEM discipline.
- Ability to understand and interpret electrical schematics/drawings and functional block diagrams.
- Familiarity with industry standards such as MIL‑HDBK‑217F, MIL‑STD‑1629, SMC‑S‑013, EEE‑INST‑002.
- Ability to create reliability block diagrams and fault‑tree diagrams.
- Familiarity with the FMEA/FMECA process and requirements.
- Familiarity with electrical stress analysis and worst‑case circuit analysis.
- Ability to develop technical solutions to potential reliability and availability problems.
- Adapt to probability and statistical tools/principles to recognize and solve problems involving non‑standard configurations/definitions of system success.
- Ability to utilize industry tools to conduct reliability analysis.
- Candidate must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance as well as active SCI access within a reasonable period of time as determined by the company. Continued employment thereafter will be subject to the candidate’s maintenance of the required clearance and program access.
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional degree or certificate in Reliability engineering
- Familiarity with reliability‑modeling tools such as Windchill Risk and Reliability Solutions, Blocksim (ReliaSoft), R, etc.
- Experience reviewing or performing derating analysis and worst‑case analysis.
- Familiarity with other industry standards such as NSWC‑11, NPRD, FMD, 217plus, etc.
- Familiarity with Root Cause Assessment (RCA) and failure investigation.
- Active U.S. Government clearance.
