Principal Engineer/ DMSMS-Obsolescence

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription

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.

Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, coordinate and conduct reliability, maintainability and availability studies and evaluations of engineering design throughout the program life cycle (business capture, development, production, and sustainment)

• Analyzes aircraft maintenance programs to determine effectiveness and creates written recommendations for increasing efficiency and effectiveness.

• Completes understanding and application of principles, concepts, practices, and standard airframes.

• Research Bill Of Materials, engineering parts lists and IPBs to develop a comprehensive database.

• Identify and document critical obsolescence data elements for items that impact longevity of LRUs, SRUs and piece-parts.

• Canvas manufacturers and vendors for obsolescence information related; maintain open, regular communication to ensure proactive obsolescence identification.

• Assess and provide overall health assessment of systems within the overall scope of effort; provide detailed assessments of items impacting systems negatively.

• Perform trade-study analysis for obsolescence resolutions including cost-benefits, lifetime buy benefits, technical data modification effort, system impact, non-recurring engineering effort and complexity factor.

• Identify and define resolution recommendations; grade resolutions based on based on cost-benefit, mission impact and sustainability for life of system.

• Provide preferred resolutions that are thoroughly researched and provide the customer a clear path and a direct comparison to less favorable resolutions.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Bachelor of Science discipline (STEM) with a minimum of 5 years’ experience; Master’s degree with 3 years experience; PhD with 1 year experience

• Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Secret security clearance.

• Ability to obtain/maintain access to work on-site in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Excellent communications skills – work with multiple departments to solve problems.

• Basic knowledge of JEDMICS, BLADE, AVCOM, LDMS, Silicon Expert, FLIS and FEDMALL

• Working knowledge of engineering drawings, BOMs and maintenance parts lists

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Logistics experience with solving DMSMS issues and providing suitable resolutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance (or higher).

• Knowledge of B-2 maintenance/sustainment activity

• Knowledge of Military Specifications, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) and other related technical and contractual documents.

• Significant experience in military, government, commercial aerospace industry (e.g., aviation/equipment maintenance, aircraft operations, or commercial industrial technology companies)

• Experience with reading and understanding technical data (e.g., Technical Orders, Engineering Drawings, Parts Lists, Bills of Material, Engineering Specifications, etc.)

• A working understanding of government aircraft maintenance and supply processes/systems.

• Extensive experience, thorough understanding, and ability to mine, analyze, sort, and filter, data, and information from Government Supply Chain Legacy Systems (e.g., D035, Stock Control System; D043, Air Force Interchangeability and Substitution System; D200, Requirements Management System; Purchase request processing System (PRPS), Contract Repair Management System (CRMS), and Logistics Installations and Mission Support – Enterprise View (LIMS-EV suite).

• Extensive experience, thorough understanding, and working knowledge of Depot Supply Chain Management processes, management of end item buy and repair requirements, knowledge/experience with shop-process, workflow, and quality assurance requirements related to US Air Force/military supply system processes and procedures

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and proficient with Microsoft products.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $84,700.00 - $127,100.00

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.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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 an Equal Opportunity 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 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.