Principal Logistics Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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.

This position description does not represent a current opening but may be used to identify candidates with skills and experience for positions within Northrop Grumman that frequently become available. Candidates who express an interest may be considered for future positions at Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Logistics Engineer to join our Linthicum, MD based Logistics and Product Support organization. This position seeks an Engineer to perform Logistics Engineering Tasks such as the managing of customer repairs, Product Support Analysis, Logistics Product Data generation, Sustainment Planning and execution, and Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) management.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence design and sustainment strategies for a variety of products supporting US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps and other customers. Analysis are performed during all phases of a product’s life cycle: concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance and disposal.  

The successful candidate will apply both technical knowledge and organizational skills to solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints to perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.  Typical work products will include Trade Studies and engineering analysis to determine a product’s Level Of Repair Analysis (LORA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis, Support Equipment requirements, Spares Modelling, Trend analysis of maintenance and repair histories, and the identification and mitigation of DMSMS risks.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Performing logistics Product Support Analyses (PSA) to identify parts, equipment, activities and skillset necessary to maintain systems and achieve required levels of operational availability.
• Conduct Trade Studies to design sustainment strategies that minimize a system’ logistics footprint while achieving all other system requirements.
• Interacting with team members to interpret Customer needs and requirements.
• Participating in and presenting technical information in team and customer meetings.
• Coordinate with engineers, manufacturing, and customers to collect and exchange data.
• Exercises considerable latitude in determining maintenance objectives of the program.
• Collect, track and analyses data such as usage rates, operation and maintenance trends, inventory level and other relevant information needed to ensure the sustainability of systems.
• Works with team to identify maintenance issues and improve maintenance processes.
• Managing and reporting of customer repairs, and communicating with suppliers to obtain the best outcomes for repairs.
• Contributing to proposal efforts.
• Conducting Logistics Support Analysis for an entire program.
• Build a Level of Repair Analysis for a program.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Logistics Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, or relevant discipline with 5 years of experience; a Master's Degree with 3 years of experience; or PhD with 1 year of experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor's degree
• Must have 2 years experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings, technical specifications, and product data sheets for electrical components.
• Must have 2 years experience identifying scheduled and unscheduled maintenance requirements for systems; and determine associated spares, tools, calibration, and manpower requirements. Basic understanding of repair processes throughout an organization.
• Proficiency with MS Excel and Word.
• Candidate must be a US Citizen.
• Candidate must currently have an active/current U.S. Government DOD Secret Clearance. Must be able to maintain this level of clearance for continued employment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic working knowledge of military operational and logistics organizations and operations.
• Familiarity of Mil-STD-1388 type work products
• Experience in a manufacturing discipline implementing repair strategies and processes, especially related to electronic equipment.
• Experience developing logistics work products on a Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition program or DoD Sustainment program.
• Knowledge of Integrated Product Support Analysis in accordance with MIL-STD-1388, MIL-HDBK-502 or TA-STD-0017.
• Experience with Logistic Product Database software tools such as EAGLE, SLICWave, PowerLogJ, or similar.
• Ability to communicate effectively and clearly present technical approaches and findings.
• Able to take direction and quickly achieve the ability to work independently after receiving instruction/training.
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment that requires continuous learning in technical skills.

Primary Level Salary Range: $81,800.00 - $122,600.00

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.