Principal/Senior Principal Data Engineer – Production and Material Control

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.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Data Engineer – Production and Material Control to join our Production and Material Control Team in Baltimore, Maryland.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual, with an eagerness to learn, and a passion for improving operations through innovative tools and models. The selected candidate must have a willingness to explore new technologies independently and collaborate on capabilities and solutions in a team environment.

What You’ll get to Do:

• Develop expertise in new Dynamic Production Scheduling capability, building processes for modelling and validating BWI manufacturing system and demand accurately in support of automating schedule creation and executable manufacturing build plans

• Work with Synchrono (supplier) to become a Dynamic Production Scheduling (DPS) technical subject matter expert in support of manufacturing planning and scheduling

• Work with Master Schedulers to understand DPS Schedule metric detractors and make recommendations for improvement

• Work with Industrial Engineering group to ensure routings reflect all necessary data elements to properly schedule hardware through the factory

• Collaborate with Production and Material Control team teams to understand data analysis needs and build custom solutions in Tableau or similar tools to meet those needs

• Utilize various toolsets such as SAP, and Data Warehouse for data mining and analysis

• Utilize Tableau or similar tools to build core capabilities to better decipher and visualize data

• Explore/develop new technologies or approaches to data mining and interpretation

• Assist in developing and maintaining SharePoint systems for department use

• Create ad hoc reports based on unique business needs

• Diagnose and troubleshoot issues related to data fidelity, dashboards or reports

• Communicate effectively with internal customers, in written and verbal format

This req may be filled as a Principal (Level 3) or a Senior Principal (Level 4) based on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications: Principal Level

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM related field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) with 5 years of relevant experience; Master’s degree in a STEM related field with 3 years of relevant experience

• Experience in database or web programming, information systems or data management

• Experience with object-oriented languages, such as JAVA, VBA, Python, SQL, R, C+ and database management languages such as SQL or Access

• Experience with Tableau

• Must be proficient in MS Office suite -Excel, Project, Visio, PowerPoint, and SharePoint

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Level Security Clearance

Basic Qualifications: Senior Principal Level

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a STEM area (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and 8 years of relevant experience (6 years with