Associate Logistics Engineer

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 47,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Logistics Engineer to join the Mission Systems Discipline Engineering Organization in Chantilly, VA. You will manage SharePoint-based data, coordinate shipments, and support maintenance/logistics analysis across programs.

The role emphasizes operational excellence, data-driven decision support, and collaboration with IPT leads to optimize spares, asset tracking, and reporting for customer deliveries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree with zero years of relevant experience, or 6+ years of related work in lieu of a degree.
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) and technology-driven collaboration solutions.
• Experience building, administering, or using SharePoint-based lists, workflows, or applications to support engineering, logistics, or operations.
• Excellent communication skills with internal and external customers.
• Detail oriented and able to follow and improve defined processes.
• Experience in Logistics/Engineering with U.S. Government supply chain and GFE shipments.

Responsibilities

• SharePoint Administration, Development, and Data Automation.
• Administer program SharePoint sites and lists, ensuring data integrity and adherence to defined processes.
• Design, develop, and maintain SharePoint-based applications, dashboards, and data models to support engineering and logistics decision-making.
• Create and maintain lists, libraries, workflows, Power Apps/Automate solutions, and program calendars to enable streamlined asset tracking and reporting.
• Oversee program SharePoint data structures (including data entry, validation, and exporting data for customer delivery and internal reporting).
• Hardware and Material Tracking: track hardware and material owned by the programs and capital, support inventory management and physical inventories.
• Failure, Maintenance, and Repairs Tracking & Analysis: track failures and spares status; support analysis to improve sparing and reliability insights.
• Shipments and Logistics Execution: coordinate inbound/outbound shipments, ensure proper documentation.
• Procurement and RMA Support: execute program RMA actions and coordinate with suppliers.
• Process Improvement: develop maintenance logistics concepts and optimize procedures.
• Design and maintain automated reports, dashboards, and metrics for PMO, engineering, and customer stakeholders.

Skills

SharePoint

Communication

Detail-oriented

Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

Jira

Power Apps/Automate

SolidWorks PDM

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available.

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Uncleared

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.

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Associate Logistics Engineer to join Mission Systems Discipline Engineering Organization. This position will be located in Chantilly, VA.

Primary responsibilities

• SharePoint Administration, Development, and Data Automation
  • Administer program SharePoint sites and lists, ensuring data integrity and adherence to defined processes.
  • Design, develop, and maintain SharePoint-based applications, dashboards, and data models to support engineering and logistics decision-making.
  • Create and maintain lists, libraries, workflows, Power Apps/Automate solutions, and program calendars to enable streamlined asset tracking and reporting.
  • Oversee program SharePoint data structures (including data entry, validation, and exporting data for customer delivery and internal reporting).
• Hardware and Material Tracking
  • Track hardware and material owned by the programs and capital.
  • Support inventory management: system material tracking/inventory; coordinate physical inventories at NG and customer sites with local customer representatives.
  • Track Government Furnished Equipment (GFE).
  • Proactively track spare locations and statuses in conjunction with IPT leads to enable spares analysis, spares reporting, and positioning of spares for optimal system needs.
• Failure, Maintenance, and Repairs Tracking & Analysis
  • Track and document failures, Return Merchandise Authorizations (RMA), and spares status using SharePoint and related tools.
  • Support analysis of failure and repair trends to improve sparing posture, optimize life-cycle support, and feed reliability/maintainability insights back to engineering.
  • Establish and document calibration requirements for field systems/equipment and associated maintenance tasks in coordination with engineering teams.
  • Perform or support maintenance and maintainability demonstrations for customers; capture results in logistics and maintenance documentation.
• Shipments and Logistics Execution
  • Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments with NG Shipping and Receiving personnel, vendors, and customers.
  • Ensure shipments are properly packaged and the correct documentation is submitted to the customer as required.
  • Ensure equipment is properly stored at NG facilities after receipt.
  • Maintain shipment and receipt records in SharePoint and associated tracking systems.
• Procurement and RMA Support
  • Execute program RMA actions for failures or repairs in coordination with GSC and program teams.
  • Work with suppliers and internal stakeholders to ensure timely processing, tracking, and closure of RMA activities.
• Process Improvement
  • Assist in the development of maintenance engineering and logistics support concepts, documentation, and processes.
  • Review and update maintenance and logistics procedures as processes evolve.
  • Evaluate existing logistics and asset-tracking processes for inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
  • Work across the portfolio’s IPT leads to enhance procedures and best practices for hardware data tracking, spares analysis, and failure reporting.
  • Design and maintain automated reports, dashboards, and metrics (e.g., failures, MTBF/MTTR indicators, spares posture) for PMO, engineering, and customer stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications for Associate Logistics Engineer (T1)

• Bachelor’s degree with 0 years of relevant experience;
• Master's degree with 0 years of relevant experience;
• 6+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite).
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel, and a strong aptitude for technology driven solutions such as collaboration site design, configuration, and support.
• Experience building, administering, and/or using SharePoint-based lists, workflows, or applications to support engineering, logistics, or operations.
• Excellent communication skills with both internal and external customers.
• Detail oriented and able to follow and improve defined processes.
• Experience in the Logistician/Logistics Engineering field which includes working with US Government supply chain processes and shipping Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) in accordance with U.S. government import/export requirements.
• Must be able to move and position objects weighing 30-50 lb.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance.
• Experience with SharePoint Proficient with collaboration systems with workflow applications, list databases, Power Apps/Automate Experience with Jira or other Agile process/methodology tools.
• Experience with SolidWorks PDM or other Product Data Management tools.
• Familiarity with processing Return Material Authorization (RMA) and shipments of repairable assets to Source of Repair and/or Government disposal.
• Experience performing failure, maintenance, spares, or reliability analysis in support of fielded systems.

Primary Level Salary Range: $46,900.00 - $70,300.00 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.

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