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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Principal Reliability Systems Engineer - **Company:** Northrop Grumman - **Location:** Linthicum Heights, MD, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $123,400.0 - $185,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Systems Engineering, Data Mining, Reliability Engineering, Software Reliability Testing, SAP (Applications), Windchill, Reliability of Systems, SC Clearance - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F4E06206AE234EC399AEAC2B1C83E5D5/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience, master's degree with 6 years of experience or a Ph.D. with 4 year of experience in Physics or related Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics technical fields; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. * U.S Citizenship required. * An current/active U.S Government Secret Clearance. * Ability to obtain Special Program Access (SAP). * Experience collaborating across functional teams, including systems engineers, design engineers, component engineers, mission assurance, manufacturing, test, and program management, resulting in successful project outcomes. * Experience performing reliability predictions utilizing standards such as Mil-Hdbk-217, VITA 51.1, physics of failure (PoF), field evaluations, etc. * Experience performing analysis including FMECA, FTA, complex system modeling (Monte Carlo for example), derating/stress analysis, etc. * Experience planning, conducting and managing Reliability programs, including reliability testing. * Experience utilizing Windchill Quality Solutions and Reliasoft reliability analysis tools. * Experience implementing subcontractor control and requirement flow down. * Experience contributing to and/or making technical presentations to internal and external customers, and developing and submitting technical artifacts., * Advanced degrees in Science, Technology, Engineer, or Mathematics or other related technical fields. * A U.S Government Top Secret Clearance or higher. * Demonstrated understanding of maintainability, testability, and logistic support practices, ensuring alignment with system safety and human factors design principles as they relate to Reliability. * Familiarity with design and manufacturing processes that involve both design and production phases. * Experience with identifying and mitigating reliability risks. * Experience with proposal development and contract negotiations. * Experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodologies. ## Description The Senior Principal Reliability Engineer will define and implement reliability engineering programs to achieve Customer (both internal and external) and program reliability objectives. * Develop, coordinate, and conduct reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design for development, production, and sustainment phases. * Support requirement allocations and flow down to lower assembly levels. * Develop reliability analyses (e.g., reliability predictions and complex system modeling, FMECAs, de-rating, RBD development, Fault Tree). * Working knowledge of reliability technical standards, principles, theories, concepts, and statistical concepts. * Define and implement reliability FRACAS (failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system) programs to prioritize opportunities for affordability improvements. * Chair/organize Failure Review Boards (FRBs), completing data mining, identifying trends, prioritizing failure modes, investigating, and ensuring effective corrective action closure. Provide feedback into root cause and correct analysis (RCCA) initiatives. * Develop plans and lead reliability growth programs (including reliability growth analysis, scoring conference support, etc.). * Support subcontractor evaluation, selection, and coordinate activities with respect to reliability needs. * Prepare, present and participate in design reviews. * Effectively engage with external customers and internal stakeholders to generate high quality work products on-schedule and on-budget. * Generate high quality work products on-schedule and on-budget. * Identify continuous improvement efforts as reliability engineering tasks are performed. * Support program Engineering Configuration Change Board (CCB) and Corrective Action Board (CAB). * Interpret Engineering drawings/schematics. 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