Job Location: Palmdale, CA
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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Data Scientist to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Palmdale, CA.
As a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Innovation development team, you will define, develop, implement, and transition new technology solutions to manufacturing to increase efficiency, reduce cost, and improve quality. Manufacturing concept and process solutions for production applications cover advanced technologies including but not limited to composites fabrication, assembly, automation, inspection, direct part manufacturing, LO technologies, as well as digital capabilities. The role requires incorporation of requirements into development plans and evaluation of performance of processes and tools to verify their efficiency. In addition, you will identify and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure R&D contractual obligations (technical, schedule, and cost) are met and product quality is maintained. In this role, you will provide guidance regarding design concepts, TRL/MRL maturity, and specification requirements to best utilize resources and manufacturing techniques, and ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations. This role involves interfacing with internal and external customers, program offices, engineering disciplines, and executive management. In addition, the role will require the ability to handle multiple projects concurrently in a dynamic/fast-paced work environment. Budgeting and Project Management skills will be utilized to properly scope and execute assigned work and manage project efforts.
In this role, you will:
- Develop architectures and concepts for advanced digital technologies with a focus on implementation within Northrop Grumman
- Interact with customers (internal and external)
- Reach out and work with colleges, universities, government, supplier as part of development and improvement projects
- Introduce and develop new technologies for the manufacturing floor
- Lead projects consisting of cross functional teams of high performing engineers developing advanced systems designs and concepts
- Apply new technologies as well as common designs and products enabling rapid development, prototyping and affordable solutions
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) with 5 years of experience with common data science toolkits/languages such as python/R, scikit-learn, PyTorch/TensorFlow, matplotlib, numpy, C++ or python OR 3 years of experience with a Master’s Degree in STEM
- A current and active DoD Secret clearance plus the ability to obtain and maintain Program Special Access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to travel 10-15% of the time
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of data gathering, cleansing and transformation techniques
- Knowledge of best practices in data analysis
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Documenting processes and maintaining data records
- Special Access Program (SAP) Current
- Experience in hardware/software integration of manufacturing systems
- Experience with querying databases and defining schemas (MS SQL) with the ability to perform data analysis and report findings
- Experience with high volume production ETL pipelines
- Experience with production assembly/fabrication including Digital Transformation, Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality, Systems Integration, IIoT, RFID, Cloud Based Applications, and/or production manufacturing operations
- Extensive experience configuring Edge Devices (HoloLens2)
- Working knowledge of classified information systems infrastructure
- Digital Manufacturing experience
- Architecture, Design & Integration experience for engineering systems and software
- Technical Writing capability
- Project / Program Management skills (proposal creation, scheduling, budget tracking)
- Strong Familiarity with Process Development & Controls
- Ability to deal effectively with change and challenges and helps others to do the same
Salary Range: $111,600.00 – $167,400.00
Employees may be eligible for 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.
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
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