Senior Principal Reliability Engineer, Nuclear Surety

ngc; Roy (UT); On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Specialty Reliability Systems Engineer (level 4) in Roy, UT to lead program reliability activities within the Flight Systems Futures unit. You will define architectures, manage requirements, and deliver technical materials for senior leadership, ensuring compliance with DoD standards.

The role demands strong expertise in reliability, system architecture, and customer communications, with a U.S. citizenship and active security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM with 8+ years of related engineering experience; 6+ years with a Master’s; 4+ years with a PhD.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance; eligibility for TOP SECRET and SAP within a reasonable period.
• 3+ years of system architecture experience focused on reliability modeling, failure mode analysis, and reliability requirements development for high assurance (nuclear surety) systems.
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience presenting to high-value customers on multiple projects with competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the definition and evolution of system architecture.
• Generate and manage requirements across the system hierarchy; create verification methodologies satisfying program, DoD, and nuclear safety standards.
• Produce technical customer deliverables (trade studies, matrices, status reports) for senior leadership and external stakeholders.
• Lead lab-based demonstrations and hardware-in-the-loop tests to validate architecture and interface behavior.
• Perform reliability assessments and support the development of reliability-related requirements for nuclear certified systems.
• Participate in cross-functional design, trade, and verification reviews; mentor junior engineers.
• Ensure compliance with NG engineering processes (CMMI, DO178C/DO254, MILSTD498) and configuration management standards.

Skills

System architecture

Reliability modeling

Failure mode analysis

Reliability requirements

Customer presentations

Nuclear surety

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's degree

PhD

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Sr. Principal Specialty Reliability Systems Engineer (level 4) in Roy, UT to lead program reliability activities within the Flight Systems Futures unit. You will define architectures, manage requirements, and deliver technical materials for senior leadership, ensuring compliance with DoD standards.

The role demands strong expertise in reliability, system architecture, and customer communications, with a U.S. citizenship and active security clearance.