Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a global aerospace and defense company developing technologies for air, cyber, land, sea and space missions. Its work includes military and satellite communications, microelectronics manufacturing and other advanced systems designed to address complex challenges across the defense sector. The company supports careers for professionals at different stages, including veterans and entry-level candidates, while also pursuing sustainability initiatives.

Staff Product Support Engineer – El Segundo, CA

Lead product support and lifecycle engineering for Northrop Grumman aircraft programs. Drive supportability, logistics, systems engineering, and technical product support across future aircraft concepts.

Description

  • Partner with leadership to deliver compliant lifecycle development and logistics products within statement-of-work, budget, schedule, and closeout requirements.
  • Direct internal teams, external partners, and suppliers toward program performance, cost, schedule, and quality targets.
  • Oversee Supportability Engineering and incorporate supportability considerations into future aircraft concepts.
  • Evaluate design options for supportability while maintaining mission-level performance requirements.
  • Coordinate requirements definition, hardware and software design, verification, and validation work.
  • Direct the full range of technical Product Support activities.
  • Apply systems engineering practices to aircraft design efforts and proposal development.
  • Use knowledge of air vehicles, mission computing, communications, and sensor systems.
  • Apply logistics disciplines spanning supportability, reliability, maintainability, testability, modeling and simulation, provisioning, and spares and repair supply support.
  • Build customer relationships and collaborate effectively in a fast-moving work environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field plus 12 years of related professional or military experience; alternatively, a STEM master’s degree plus 10 years or a STEM Ph.D. plus 8 years.
  • Active U.S. Government Secret clearance or higher, with a background investigation completed within the last six years, or enrollment in Continuous Evaluation.
  • Ability to obtain and retain Special Access Program clearance within a timeframe set by business needs.
  • Experience with integrated logistics elements such as reliability and maintainability, prognostic health management, modeling and simulation, obsolescence management, fleet and field support, support equipment engineering, logistics support analysis, low-observable supportability, support hardware, or technical publications and training.
  • Experience in Supportability Engineering, including reliability and maintainability, DMSMS, prognostics and health management, or fleet operations and sparing models.
  • Experience supporting Product Support proposals and capture activities.
  • Ability and willingness to travel as much as 25%.
  • Preferred: Experience delivering Product Support for development or sustainment programs.
  • Preferred: U.S. military experience in operations or aircraft maintenance.
  • Preferred: Experience with competitive Product Support capture proposals.
  • Preferred: Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, MS Project, and PowerPoint.
  • Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation abilities.
  • U.S. citizenship is required for roles requiring government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Benefits

  • Relocation support may be offered.
  • Overtime eligibility may be offered.
  • Shift differential may be offered.
  • Discretionary bonus eligibility may be offered.
  • Long-term incentives may be offered for Vice President or Director roles.
  • Health insurance coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance.
  • Savings plan.
  • Company-paid holidays.
  • Paid time off for vacation or personal business.

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