Configuration Management (CDM) Engineer – Level 3/4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an exciting career opportunity for a Configuration Management (CDM) Engineer – Level 3/4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Boulder, CO.

What you’ll get to do?

As a CDM professional you will be building and maintaining system processes for a new electro-mechanical program. We are seeking individuals who are ready to create mission-critical products, approach each day with optimism, and have a relentless drive to solve complex problems. Attention to detail and process coordination is imperative for this role, because at Northrop Grumman, many of the problems we work on are impossible… until they’re not.

Essential Functions:

• Assign and control program hardware / software data identification control numbers per program & Functional Home Room (FHR) mandates
• Establish agendas, publish minutes & track meeting actions
• Process change packages through lifecycle include disposition & documentation / hardware implementation
• Perform program data release functions via Product Lifecycle Mgmt. tools
• Development & maintain various CDM reports for program support. Example, Configured Item Identification List, Engineering Change Request status, CDM performance metrics
•  Support internal program CDM audits against program SOW & Functional Command Media mandates
• Provide aid to Functional Configuration Audits & perform Physical Configuration Audit
• Document Management for deliverable CDRLs and non-CDRL documents
• Support program Configuration Management and Data Management (CM/DM) requirements.
• Assist in planning, coordinating, implementing, and administering program data management systems, data bases, and confirmation management tools to support program CM and DM requirements.
• Assist in building and managing program CM/DM systems and tools, libraries, workflows, and processes.
• Provide inputs into program level metrics to benchmark effectiveness of CM and DM performance.
• Lead the CM and DM efforts and will work closely with the program, customer representatives, functional organizations, and suppliers to ensure that program CM and DM processes are accurately implemented.
• Assist in the coordination and preparation of project documentation, such as engineering drawings, production specifications and schedules, and contract modifications, to ensure customer contract requirements are met.
• Create and implement CM and DM processes that are accomplished within the bounds of the contract.
• Utilize integrated tools for accomplishing Configuration and Data Management Team mission needs.
• Facilitate Engineering Review Board and Configuration Control Board.  This includes tracking engineering changes through the lifecycle, supporting the boards as a voting member, and creating and distributing agendas and meeting notes, along with announcements to baseline updates
• Prepares work Products to support CM audits

This requisition may be filled at a higher level based on the qualifications listed below.

This requisition may be filled as either a level 3 or a level 4.

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:

• 5 Years with Bachelors; 3 Years with Masters; 0 years with a PhD; or 9 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.​
• Active Secret required at time of application
• Experience leading deliverables, documentation, and data libraries
• Attention to detail
• Experience managing government customer deliveries and submissions
• Familiar in managing CM/DM file repositories
• Familiar in establishing and following CM/DM processes throughout project life cycles to maintain consistent configuration control, developing, oper