Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Prognostics / PHM

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 79,300 - 118,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement and Savings Plan

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer specialized in Prognostics for their location in Melbourne, Florida. This role involves analyzing flight logs, developing predictive models for system health, and leading R&D projects. The ideal candidate will hold a STEM degree and have experience in Health Management and Reliability Engineering.

The position is fully onsite and seeks individuals with a passion for innovation and teamwork. Competitive salary and benefits package included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field with 2 years of experience in an Engineering role.
• Proven experience in Health Management, Prognostics, and Reliability Engineering.
• Experience with anomaly detection in time series data.

Responsibilities

• Analyze flight/fault logs and assign Fault Identification codes.
• Create predictive models of physical degradation and failures.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to improve Fault Detection and Isolation.

Skills

Health Management

Prognostics

Reliability & Maintainability Engineering

Data analysis

Programming in Python

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field

Master’s Degree in STEM

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Tableau

Apache Spark

Job description

Relocation Assistance

Relocation assistance may be available.

Clearance

Required for start: Yes. Clearance type: Top Secret. Travel: Yes, 10% of the time.

Overview

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.

Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer - Prognostics (PHM) position in Melbourne, Florida. This position is fully onsite with no remote work available.

Responsibilities

• Accomplish: You should have a background in Health Management (HM), with a particular focus on Prognostics and Diagnostic processes, analysis, and design for integrated systems.
• Strong foundational understanding of Reliability and Maintainability (R&M) engineering analyses and processes.
• Proven experience integrating inputs from multiple systems to generate an integrated architecture; identify, develop and decompose requirements; develop simple and complex logic or rulesets for Prognostic and Diagnostic Algorithms; analyze flight and sensor logs for anomalous behavior and identify root cause to reduce troubleshooting and increase fault isolation.
• Perform Built‑in Test (BIT) analysis, timeline analyses, detailed trade studies, sensor placement assessments, Mission Systems software analyses, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Job Duties:
  • Analyze various types of flight/fault logs, assign Fault Identification (FID) codes, and host customer BIT Review Boards (BRB).
  • Coordinate with stakeholders, suppliers, and customers internally and externally to improve Built‑In‑Test (BIT) Fault Detection, Fault Isolation and BIT False Alarm performance metrics.
  • Develop models and scalable algorithms derived from data and physics of failure models to evaluate the condition of Mission and Air Vehicle systems.
  • Create predictive models of physical degradation, failures, and data‑driven prognostics algorithms to assess health and performance of critical components.
  • Formulate health monitoring strategies to detect anomalies/outliers in real flight data.
  • Conduct R&D projects on Prognostic Health Management (PHM) and Condition‑Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+).
  • Gather and analyze component and WRA failure history, including failure modes, downtime, MTBF, power cycles, reboots, repeat faults, etc.
  • Communicate and present to project and program management, and other technical and non‑technical managers and customers.
  • Work collaboratively in a team environment with system engineers and data scientists.

Qualifications

• This requisition may be filled at either an Engineer Level or a Principal Level
• Basic Qualifications – Engineer:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field from an accredited university with 2 years previous experience in an Engineering or Technical position OR a Master’s Degree in STEM with 0 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience in Health Management, Prognostics, Diagnostics, and/or Reliability & Maintainability Engineering disciplines.
  • Academic research directly related to PHM or CBM+ technologies, or analysis and simulation of complex electrical or mechanical systems.
  • Working knowledge in data analysis (algorithms, data structures, and architectures), probability, statistics, signal processing, and predictive modeling.
  • Experience with anomaly/outlier detection in time series data.
  • Ability to transfer and maintain government Secret clearance and required program access within a reasonable period.
• Basic Qualifications – Principal Engineer:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field from an accredited university with 5 years previous experience in an Engineering or Technical position OR a Master’s Degree in STEM with 3 years of relevant experience OR a PhD in STEM with 1 year of relevant experience.
  • Experience in Health Management, Prognostics, Diagnostics, and/or Reliability & Maintainability Engineering disciplines.
  • Academic research directly related to PHM or CBM+ technologies, or analysis and simulation of complex electrical or mechanical systems.
  • Working knowledge in data analysis (algorithms, data structures, and architectures), probability, statistics, signal processing and predictive modeling.
  • Experience with anomaly/outlier detection in time series data.
  • Ability to transfer and maintain government Secret clearance and required program access within a reasonable period.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree in a STEM field (Mechanical, Electrical or Manufacturing).
  • Active DoD Top Secret Clearance.
  • Programming skills in Python and its libraries (pandas, scipy, numpy, etc.).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Visio, Project, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel Office Products.
  • Experience with big data tools (Databricks, Presto, Data Lake, Apache Spark, etc.).
  • Experience developing visualization tools and dashboards using Tableau.
  • Familiarity with fault detection and diagnosis methods and reliability analysis.
  • Experience with MLOps and building machine learning pipelines in a professional setting.
  • Demonstrated history of generating or improving ideas in statistical modeling or machine learning (publications or projects).
  • Experience with data architectures (SQL, custom APIs, etc.).

Salary and Benefits

Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00.
Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00.
Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, discretionary bonuses, Long‑Term Incentives for VP or Director positions, and company‑paid holidays and paid time off (PTO). Benefits include a Retirement and Savings Plan, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.

EEO and Pay Transparency

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.