Integrated Product Support (IPS) Engineer
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.
Job Description
Northrop Grumman's Defense Sector is looking for an Integrated Product Support (IPS) Engineer to work with our talented Advanced Weapons team located in Northridge, CA.
As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation's warfighter. The ideal candidate will be supporting a secured missile weapon system.
- Perform product support engineering activities and assist as a technical resource from a program's concept and proposal phases through development, test, production, and post-production support phases
- Serve as the Product Support / Sustainability point of contact (POC) for assigned programs and integrate into program and engineering teams
- Support logistics design influence efforts and activities necessary to meet system performance requirements
- Analyze and interpret technical data (e.g., drawings, manuals, specifications, etc.) to develop technical and logistics data
- Create / update relevant reports such as task analysis, maintenance plans, or provisioning requirements reports
- Perform / develop / update Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
- Develop maintenance concepts to ensure the most affordable and effective mission readiness solution
- Develop / execute plans for Technical Publications / training materials
- Plan / execute activities that sustain the operation and maintenance of systems to ensure mission readiness
- Conduct logistics analyses using engineering background, analytical skills and knowledge of a wide array of industry tools
- Perform Human Factors analysis on maintenance and operation activities and end items
- Develop / update Packaging, Handling, Shipping & Transportation (PHS&T) and Demilitarization plans
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university with 8 years of engineering experience or 6 years with Masters, 13 years of relevant experience will be considered in-lieu of a degreeExperience in Logistics Support Analysis (LSA), Reliability, Maintainability or other logistics related disciplineExperience in developing / generating various types of logistics supportability analysisExperience in developing and delivering Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)Knowledge of analyzing data / trend analysis or databases for tracking logistics and inventoryFamiliar with military maintenance and sustainment supportExperience in leading and monitoring assigned tasksExcellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills and ability to interface directly with internal program office and external customersHave held a DoD Security ClearanceUS Citizenship required for this positionPreferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited universityExperience in military maintenance and sustainment supportEngineering design background generating new designs, models, and drawingsExperience leading continuous improvement initiatives that drive change in an organizationExperience supporting procurement activities to meet demanding build schedulesExperience developing LSA products in accordance with MIL-STD-1388, GEIA-STD-0007 or MIL-PRF-49506 in LSA database tools such as EAGLE or SLICwaveFamiliarity with other logistics tools such as Vmetric, EDCAS, COMPASS, CASA, etc.Understanding of repair level analysis and life cycle cost modelingPrevious experience using LSA data to develop either technical data, technical publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETMs), or training productsPossess active DoD Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)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.
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