Senior Principal Data Scientist – Space Systems (Secret)

0903 SP - Propulsion Systems; United States; On-site; USD 135,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Sector seeks a Sr. Principal Data Scientist – Level 4 in Magna, UT, to apply reliability, statistics, and data science to solid rocket motor design, production, test, and sustainment.

This role collaborates with engineering, quality, operations, and program management in a dynamic hardware environment. The ideal candidate has advanced degrees in quantitative fields, strong Bayesian skills, and experience with RStudio or similar tools, plus a DoD Secret clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Data Science, Engineering or other quantitative field with 8+ years of experience, or Master’s with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years.
• Must have active DoD Secret clearance at time of application.
• Knowledge of solid rocket motor components, functions, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with probabilistic statistics and uncertainty quantification methods.
• Experience with statistics software (RStudio/Statistica or equivalent).
• Excellent teamwork, organization, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering to develop failure modes and effects and model variability.
• Estimate manufacturing variability and apply SPC techniques.
• Support manufacturing improvements and defect reduction.
• Develop data models for material properties used in design and testing.
• Analyze data from performance tests on solid rocket motor systems.
• Create predictive models and annual reports for aging and sustainment of fielded hardware.
• Contribute to technology roadmaps and tool development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Statistics

Data Science

Reliability Engineering

Bayesian Methods

RStudio

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree (Statistics/Data Science/Engineering)

Master's degree (Statistics/Data Science/Engineering)

PhD (in quantitative field)

Tools

RStudio

Statistica

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Sector seeks a Sr. Principal Data Scientist – Level 4 in Magna, UT, to apply reliability, statistics, and data science to solid rocket motor design, production, test, and sustainment.

This role collaborates with engineering, quality, operations, and program management in a dynamic hardware environment. The ideal candidate has advanced degrees in quantitative fields, strong Bayesian skills, and experience with RStudio or similar tools, plus a DoD Secret clearance.