Integrated Product Support (IPS) Engineer

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. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

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. This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.

This position requires the selected candidate to work on-site in Northridge, CA on a 9/80 schedule. Telework is not available for this position. Relocation assistance, although not guaranteed, may be available.

This position is contingent upon available funding/program award.

In this role, the selected candidate will:

• 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 for an Integrated Product Support Engineer:

• 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 degree
• Experience in Logistics Support Analysis (LSA), Reliability, Maintainability or other logistics related discipline
• Experience in developing/generating various types of logistics supportability analysis
• Experience in developing and delivering Level of Repair Analysis (LORA)
• Knowledge of analyzing data/trend analysis or databases for tracking logistics and inventory
• Familiar with military maintenance and sustainment support
• Experience in leading and monitoring assigned tasks
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation skills and ability to interface directly with internal program office and external customers
• Have held a DoD Security Clearance
• US Citizenship required for this position

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in a STEM discipline from an accredited university
• Experience in military maintenance and sustainment support
• Engineering design background generating new designs, models, and drawings
• Experience leading continuous improvement initiatives that drive change in an organization
• Experience supporting procurement activities to meet demanding build schedules
• Experience developing LSA products in accordance with MIL-STD-1388, GEIA-STD-0007 or MIL-PRF-49506 in LSA database tools such as EAGLE or SLICwave
• Familiarity with other logistics tools such as Vmetric, EDCAS, COMPASS, CASA, etc.
• Understanding of repair level analysis and life cycle cost modeling
• Previous experience using LSA data to develop either technical data, technical publications, Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETMs), or training products
• Possess active DoD Security Clearance (investigation completed within last 5 years)

Primary Level Salary Range: $137,400.00 - $206,000.00 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.