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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal/Sr. Principal Product Supportability & Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Rolling Meadows, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $98,900.0 - $148,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Systems Engineering, Systems Analysis, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Cisco Discovery Protocol - **Published:** August 15, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/1206DE792F194DBDA826B6DF690B17A6/job/ ## About the Role * Must either have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 5 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 3 years of experience, OR 1 year of experience with a PhD in a STEM discipline. * Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). * Previous experience in one of the Product Support or Specialty Engineering (Reliability, Maintainability, Testability, System Safety, or Human Factors) disciplines. * Demonstrated experience with problem resolution on complex technical challenges. * Candidate must be a US Citizen * Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Secret Clearance. Clearance is not required to start., * Must either have a Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) discipline with 8 years of relevant experience, OR a Master of Science degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of experience, OR 4 year of experience with a PhD in a STEM discipline. * Proficient in the use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). * Previous experience in one of the System Supportability or Specialty Engineering (Reliability, Maintainability, Testability, System Safety, or Human Factors) disciplines. * Demonstrated experience with problem resolution on complex technical challenges. * Candidate must be a US Citizen * Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Government Secret Clearance. Clearance is not required to start., * Previous experience in multiple of the Product Support and Specialty Engineering disciplines * Experience in the military, government, commercial aerospace industry (e.g. aviation/equipment maintenance, aircraft operations, or commercial industrial technology companies) * Knowledge of Military Specifications, Contract Data Requirements Lists (CDRLs), Data Item Descriptions (DIDs) and other related technical and contractual documents ## Description Our Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Reliability Engineer in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, for support projects associated with the design and development of avionic mission systems. The job responsibilities will be as an individual-contributor and deliverable/product lead within a multi-disciplinary engineering team. Successful candidate will support development and verification/validation of the Product Support elements. Other responsibilities may include traditional Systems Engineering functions, including requirements synthesis and flow-down, system trades study support, systems analysis, coordination of design efforts, and management of technical budgets & interface definitions. This position will be full-time, on-site at our Rolling Meadows, IL location. Roles & Responsibilities: * Perform various Product Support analysis such as: * Level of Repair Analysis * Life Cycle Cost Analysis * Create and Maintain Logistics Product Data and Provisioning Data * Packaging, Handling, and Shipping definition * Manpower Planning * Sparing Analysis * Facilities and Support Equipment * Based on skill-set, support additional Specialty Engineering functions such as: * Reliability and Maintainability analysis (reliability and maintainability predictions, Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA)) * System Safety * Human Factors * Testability (Built-In-Test Design) * Present supportability approach at engineering design reviews. 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