Sentinel Staff Deployment Field Engineer (13318)

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Deployment Field Engineer.  This position is located in Roy, UT and supports the Sentinel program. 

What You’ll Get To Do: 

Join the Deployment & MFG Engineering team for Sentinel and take part in engineering solutions to deploy and deliver a state-of-the-art weapon system to our customer. This position requires a highly motivated self-starter with knowledge in system integration, field installations and deployment, and checkouts of engineered products. The candidate will be involved in all engineering activities supporting the deployment of critical systems for the Sentinel program. This includes, but is not limited to, engineering solutions for the deployment and installation of products, developing installation CONOPs and instructions, supporting system design, and tool design. The candidate will demonstrate exceptional organizational and interpersonal skills, be capable of working a variety of tasks in a proactive manner, is task oriented, self-governed, and communicates effectively with varying levels of Government, NGC, and Supplier personnel.

The candidate will provide advanced technological ideas and Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to resolve technical questions and ensure compliance and execution to the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Statement of Work (SOW) requirements. Primary responsibilities will include providing technical leadership and guidance to Deployment and Manufacturing Engineering team in support of: 

• Technical expertise on field engineering, deployments and installations, and coordination between organizations 

• Acts as a leader and understands that erroneous decisions on their part will result in probable delay and failure of organizational objectives 

• Providing guidance to D&M engineering staff 

• Working closely with the local design and production team to ensure successful deployment in the field 

• Developing plans and CONOPs to deploy to the field 

• Development and review field installation instructions   

• Work closely with the Military/Government customer as well as internal Northrop Grumman leadership 

• Proficiency and performance development of D&M engineering team 

• Provides recommendations and solutions to technical challenges by accomplishing studies and evaluations of engineering design throughout the duration of the program 

Position Benefits: 

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:  
- Medical, Dental & Vision coverage  
- 401k  
- Educational Assistance  
- Life Insurance  
- Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions  
- Paid Time Off  
- Health & Wellness Resources  
- Employee Discounts 

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package. 

You’ll Bring These Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Science with 14 years of experience; or Master's with 12 years of experience; or PhD with 9 years of experience. 4 additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree. 

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an Active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years 

• Must have the ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP) 

• Able to give guidance, tasks, and direction to other engineers in support of program execution and leadership vision 

• Capable of working with minimal direction, independently determines and develops technical objectives of assignments, and presents work upon completion for high level review 

• Experience with sustainment of military systems and equipment 

• Demonstrated written and verbal skills to effectively interact with Government counterparts, other defense contractor organizations, and cross-functional organizations within NG 

• Experience in planning for deployment of a weapons system or other complex and large-scale systems 

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite 

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have: 

• Previous Northrop Grumman experience with Standard Policies and Procedures 

• Experience working in or familiarity with the following engineering disciplines: Test Engineering, Field Engineering, Hardware Design, Manufacturing Engineering, Software Deployment, Cyber Security, and Network Engineering 

• Able to use engineering drawings for troubleshooting and use standard desktop computer and Windows based tools to produce or edit documents including drawings, plans, procedures and reports 

• Knowledge of Agile principles 

• Prior USAF experience - Missile Maintenance experience in the 2M0X1, 2M0X2, or 2M0X3 career fields are highly desirable 

• Experience working with deployed programs or related defense systems 

• Experience in military, government, or commercial aerospace industry (e.g. aviation/equipment maintenance, aircraft operations, or commercial industrial technology companies) 

• Experience working design into production and deploying engineering solutions to the field  

• Previous experience on production for military programs 

• Previous experience on EMD projects 

• Experience with Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM)