Reliability Engineer - Level 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Develop, coordinate and conduct technical reliability analyses and evaluations for hardware using MIL-HDBK-217F or equivalent and software reliability analysis using IEEE STD  or equivalent as guides using Windchill Risk & Reliability or Reliasoft package (Lambda Predict, Block Sim) software

Develop coordinate and conduct Failure Modes Effects and Criticality Analysis (Functional, Interfaces, and Part-Level) using MIL-STD-1629 for hardware as a guide at the launch vehicle system

Develop coordinate and conduct Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) for hardware systems using Windchill Risk & Reliability software

Support evaluation of launch vehicle systems and associated Built in Test (BIT) hardware / software to maximize failure mode test coverage and minimize potential for BIT false alarm

Evaluate and score hardware/software nonconformance reports to identify failures and use the data to calculate acceptance screening and corrective action effectiveness values and perform/support demonstrated reliability assessments.

Coordinate with various engineering organizations to assign and plan the methods and detailed activities to demonstrate required product reliability performance.

Analyze customer requirements and manage cost/schedule to develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer and government agency reliability objectives.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics with 2 years of experience or 0 years with a Masters.
• Ability to discuss technical terms with design engineers of several disciplines to understand function to correlate the function to reliability terms.
• Minimum 2 years of experience, including experience performing reliability and FMEA / FMECA /FTA analyses.
• Self-driven to complete studies independently and be able to present the results to a wide variety of audiences.
• Computer skills including use if MS Excel, Word and Power point.
• Must have a active U.S. Government Secret security clearance
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.

• Thorough knowledge of statistics with functional knowledge of Bayesian statistical methods highly desired.
• Experience performing Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA) a plus.
• Experience using Reliability and Statistical Software (Windchill Risk & Reliability, Reliasoft Block Sim, Reliasof Lambda Predict).
• Knowledge of launch vehicle systems, devices and control theory a major plus.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $72,100.00 - $

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