Principal / Sr. Principal Configuration Mgmt. Analyst (AHT)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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.

As an integral part of our multi-discipline engineering team in Advanced Weapons, you will be on the forefront of developing next generation solutions to protect technology for our nation’s warfighter. The ideal candidate will support one of our Advanced Programs as the lead for defining and architecting a secured missile weapon system.

This position will require close collaboration with team members of other projects within the organization for security architecture designs as well as external partners and customers.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Configuration Mgmt. Analyst / Sr. Principal Configuration Mgmt. Analyst based in Northridge, CA (no teleworking).

Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously drive innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment and shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

Please note; “This is an on-site position and no relocation assistance for this position is available”

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and administer configuration management activities related to planning, identification, change management, status accounting, and verification and audit

• Manage Configuration Management (CM) processes to maintain the integrity of the hardware and software as-designed and as-built configurations utilizing both PLM and ERP systems

• Analyze proposed changes to product design documentation to determine effect on overall product and system

• Plan and coordinate preparation of project documentation, such as engineering drawings, production specifications and schedules, and contract modifications, to ensure customer contract requirements are met

• Assist with preparing/maintaining program configuration management plans to define how configuration management will be accomplished on multiple military programs

• Maintain product data structure bill of material (BOM) alignment in an electronic environment

• Assist with capturing product baselines and performing configuration status accounting and configuration audits

• Support program Configuration Review/Control Board (CRB/CCB) meetings and disseminate agendas and minutes

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3 (Principal Configuration Management Analyst):

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree with a minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience.

• Experience following documented rules and guidelines to ensure technical content meets internal and customer requirements

• Candidate must have solid written and verbal skills to effectively interact with Government counterparts, other defense contractor organizations, and other cross-functional organizations.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance within a timeframe set forth by management. US Citizenship required

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a timeframe set forth by management.

• Must have knowledge of EIA-649 or MIL-HDBK-61A

• Must have knowledge of Configuration Management principles

• Must have experience reviewing engineering documentation

• Must be able to apply principles of a Configuration Management Plan (CMP)

• Must have experience or knowledge of maintaining a bill of material (BOM) between PLM and ERP systems

• Must have knowledge of product baselines and configuration status acc