Sentinel - Reliability Availability Maintainability Cost Engineer (Level 2/3)
Northrop Grumman· Defense· Sep 14, 2026 · 1mo ago
United States-Utah-Roy
In office
Full-time
Mid
$130K–$175K est.
2+ years exp
Job description
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: No 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.
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Defense is seeking a Systems Engineer / Principal Systems Engineer to join our RAM-C team in Roy, UT . The selected candidate will join a team modeling high level Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C) processes across multiple campuses. This role will focus Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) modeling and strategy selection for a large missile system with opportunity to support other reliability related modeling and analysis efforts. The RCM team focuses on using failure modes to model potential maintenance strategies and select the best strategy for the overall weapon system. An ideal candidate will have experience modeling large systems and experience finding useful data and trends in large data sets. A candidate with maintenance or logistical background will be able to more easily communicate with stakeholders. Experience with Air Force or military maintenance operations is preferred.
Position is on site due to classification of data.
Key Responsibilities:
• Analyze Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)
• Interpolate model data to reach data informed conclusions
• Form and evaluate Ground Rules and Assumptions (GR&A) of system models
• Manage cross-IPT shareholders and communicate technical information to non-technical audiences
• Selected candidate must be able to support program tasks in a secure lab environment (on site) a for a minimum of 90% of their total work time.
Basic Qualifications:
• Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 2 Years of related experience; 0 Years with Masters.
• Principal Systems Engineer: Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 5 years of experience with Bachelor's degree, 3 years of experience with Master's degree or 1 year of experience with a PhD.
Required for both levels:
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
• Proficiency with Reliability Engineering tools (ReliaSoft, Windchill, MADe, Opus, or similar) or proficiency with engineering scripting (Python, C++/C#, Matlab, VBA or similar)
• Demonstrated technical expertise in the areas of modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) or Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Cost (RAM-C)
• Demonstrated technical expertise with Systems Engineering (SE) (Systems engineering V, systems integration, RvsC analysis, VV&A, or similar)
• Knowledge of Agile development practices
• Capable of working with supervised direction, independently determines and develops technical objectives of assignments, and presents work upon completion for high level review.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• Active Top Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (STEM)
• Proficiency with data handling scripting (SQL, Azure, PowerBI or similar)
• Experience with Agile Release Train (ART) or Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira / Confluence)
• Advanced use of standard Microsoft Office products to include development tools
• Strong interest to interact with a wide variety of skills across multiple engineering domains. These engineering domains include: Systems Safety, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Integrated Logistics Support, Product Support, Digital Integration, and Sustainment Cost Modeling
• Experience with pathfinding / blank page development efforts
• INCOSE certifications
• Knowledge of MIL-HBK-882E, MIL-STD-3034A, NAVAIR 00-25-403, DoDM 4151.25
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 position’s standard work schedule is 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.
Relocation assistance may be available for this position.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $79,300.00 - $118,900.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00
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 northropgrumman.com. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.
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