RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate DMS Engineer/DMS Systems Engineer.This position will be located at our Aeronautics Systems sector in Palmdale, CA, Redondo Beach, CA, El Segundo, CA, or Rancho Bernardo (San Diego), CA.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Product Support Organization.

The selected candidate will perform system and component level Lifecycle Management Engineering activities across multiple projects.

The candidate will focus on systems affected by obsolescence and/or Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) issues and lead/integrate mitigation activities to ensure a solution is in place before contractual requirements are impacted.

The selected candidate will perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.Other duties include:

• Responsible for research and/or product development in more than one engineering discipline.

• Perform operational analysis and mission effectiveness analysis.

• Gather, collect, record, track, and verify data from multiple sources and maintain mitigation records.

• Lead obsolescence mitigation activities including scheduling meetings, briefings, and discussion topics; preparation of agendas and meeting minutes. Participate in working groups and ad hoc committees/meetings.

• Analyze and predict production and sustainment requirements to construct strategic obsolescence roadmaps for end-of life subsystems and components. Information to consider includes reliability, spares posture, technology insertion roadmap, supplier’s capabilities, and customer concurrence.

• Engage senior management to ensure coordination and integration of DMS resolution activities.

• Work with suppliers to ensure obsolescence issues are resolved at the lowest cost while maintaining high quality and reliability.
  Assist in developing program metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of obsolescence mitigation activities.

• Identify and pursue process improvements.

• Organize, integrate, and lead group projects that aggregates obsolescence data into a system view.

For a broader consideration, please consider completing a profile in our campus

candidate community. By clicking on the link below your resume will be visible to recruiters and hiring managers across Northrop Grumman with opportunities nationwide for our internship and entry-level positions.

https://northropgrumman.yello.co/app/collect/form/9iuA6_W8E7bMDHTOHUZoWw

This requisition may be filled at either an Associate DMS Engineer (T01) or DMS Engineer (T02 )

Basic Qualifications for an Associate DMS Engineer (T01)

A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below

criteria. The candidate must:

• Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.

• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start.

• Must be familiar with MS Excel (extensive formula calculations, pivot tables/charts, macros, etc.)

Basic Qualifications for an DMS Engineer (T02)

A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

• Be completing or has completed their Master’s degree OR Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 2 years’ experience.

• Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree.

• Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start.

• Advanced proficiency with MS Excel (extensive formula calculations, pivot tables/charts, macros, etc.)

• Familiar with Proactive Obsolescence management

Preferred Qualifications

• Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher.

• Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

• Previous project management experience.

• Familiarity with Silicon Expert.

• Oracle and Python experience.

Pay Range

• Associate DMS Engineer : $67,400.00- $ 101,000.00

• DMS Engineer : $ 81,300.00 - $ 121,900.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Northrop Grumman is a technology company, focused on global security and human discovery. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers with capabilities they need to connect, advance and protect the U.S. and its allies. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our 90,000 employees define possible every day.