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Principal Engineer Systems

Northrop Grumman · Mesa, AZ · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$98k–$148k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? The posting includes travel info: "TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time". Also relocation assistance line. Also clearance required: No. Also mention "U.S. Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance". Also mention "Position may require domestic and international travel". Also "Must be able to obtain clearance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives as an Employee Possessor." Also "Candidates hired into this role need to complete a Gun Control Act Self Certification form." We need to include sections only when there is real specific content. So we can have: - About the role: description paragraph(s) from "Description At Northrop Grumman..." and "At Northrop Grumman Defense Systems we are seeking..." and "Role Description ..." maybe combine. - Responsibilities: list bullet points from "The Principal Systems Engineering position carries the following set of primary responsibilities:" then each sentence. - Requirements: list bullet points from "Requirements" block. - Benefits: from "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." - Pay: from "Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00" plus note about overtime etc. We can include that. - Schedule: maybe not explicit schedule; only travel percentage. Could we treat travel as schedule? Not exactly. The instruction: include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. There's no explicit schedule like full-time, shift, etc. So we should not create Schedule section. - Also we could include a "Travel" section? Not in allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Travel is not allowed; we could fold travel info into Responsibilities or About the role as a paragraph. Probably include in About the role or Responsibilities as a note. - Relocation assistance line: could be in About the role or Benefits? Probably include in About the role as a sentence. - Clearance info: could be in Requirements or About the role. Probably include in Requirements as a bullet. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. We must remove boilerplate: EEO, application period, etc. We must preserve all substantive information. Let's extract content. Description paragraphs: "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." Then: "At Northrop Grumman Defense Systems we are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support our Armament Business site located in Mesa, AZ. Armament Systems is a leading supplier of integrated medium-caliber weapon systems for land, air and sea platforms through its world-renowned Bushmaster® line of automatic cannons produced at its Mesa, Arizona facility." Then: "Role Description This Systems Engineering position is for an individual contributor role on medium caliber gun system programs within the Armament Systems Division. As part of the Systems Engineering group, the Principal Systems Engineer coordinates planning, organization, implementation, integration, and completion of assigned engineering projects. This position is located in Mesa, Arizona." We can combine these into About the role. Responsibilities list: each sentence after "The Principal Systems Engineering position carries the following set of primary responsibilities:" then list: - Accountable to the Systems Engineering Manager and Program Managers for meeting technical performance measures, cost targets, and schedule requirements on assigned engineering projects. - Provides technical oversight to the assigned integrated project team; sets engineering work direction for other engineers, technicians, and administrative personnel and assigns tasks based on project objectives. - Performs planning and execution of gun system development and testing projects, including voice of the customer techniques, requirements development and management, system definition, verification and validation, and risk management. - Ensures pertinent design factors such as contractual, environmental, cost, schedule, technical performance, system integration, producibility, interchangeability, and material requirements are considered during development and program execution. - Leads failure investigations and implementation of associated corrective actions. - Works with design, manufacturing, and quality engineers through the development process and ensures timely flow of information among and between engineering team members. - Coordinates with the Aftermarket Services team to support fielded systems and ensures cross-functional coordination to deliver outstanding customer service. - Supports Program Manager as a control account manager to ensure accurate schedule and cost tracking. - Presents work products at program reviews, proposals, or other project meetings. - Prepares and plans cost estimates and written technical proposals. - Acts as a technical interface to external customers, and forms working relationships with representatives of external technical organizations. - Develops technical relationships with suppliers, in coordination with subcontracts management and quality functions, to facilitate technical flow-down and understanding of requirements, testing, and process control. - Supports manufacturing trade studies and early supplier involvement. - Shares knowledge with other engineers. - Supports and leads continuous improvement initiatives within the overall engineering department. We need to ensure each bullet is
  • . Requirements list: from "Requirements" block: - Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering (or closely related field of study/STEM degree) plus 5 years of directly related mechanical design experience in defense or aerospace industry. Or master’s degree plus 3 years of directly related experience. - Demonstrated project management skills and techniques including creation of work breakdown structures, integrated master scheduling and earned value management. - Experience in product development projects and sustainment of legacy programs for complex aerospace or defense systems. - Mechanical design experience with complex gear trains, cams, springs, clutches, machined components, welded structures, electric motors, and solenoids preferred. - Familiarity with mechanical and electrical engineering processes and other specialty engineering activities within the product development process. - Experience writing statements of work and estimating project scope. - Demonstrated effectiveness in achieving results through understanding and management of internal processes and customer/supplier relationships. - Knowledge of operations of upstream process inputs (Lead System Integrators, Business Development, Contracts, Pricing, and Program Management). - Knowledge of operations of downstream process customers (both internal and external: Modeling & Simulation, Configuration Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Assembly, Test, System Verification & Validation, Integrated Logistics Support, and End User). - Skilled in working with Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project. - Understanding of Six Sigma disciplines, design for assembly / design for manufacturing (DFA/DFM). - Strong oral and written communication skills with ability to focus on multiple projects and deliver status on risk areas and required actions. - Knowledge of requirements decomposition, FMECAs, verification and validation, and risk analysis. - Experience in performing failure analysis and driving implementation of robust corrective action. - Ability to scope and generate product test plans, lead tests as Test Engineer and generate comprehensive test reports for internal and external customer distribution. - Familiarity with computer aided design (CAD) software, preferably NX, and engineering requirements and analysis tools (FEA). - Understanding of GD&T. - U.S. Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance. - Position may require domestic and international travel, Must be able to obtain clearance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives as an Employee Possessor. - Candidates hired into this role need to complete a Gun Control Act Self Certification form. Also relocation assistance line: "RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available". Also "CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None". Also "TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time". We can incorporate travel into Requirements or About the role. We also have benefits paragraph: "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." Pay: "Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00 The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and 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." We should include that in Pay section. We should not include Schedule section because no explicit schedule. We should not include Qualifications or Skills sections unless content; we have Requirements covering qualifications; we could also have Skills but we can keep Requirements only. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:

    About the role

    ... paragraphs ...

    Responsibilities

    • ...
    • ...

    Requirements

    • ...
    • ...

    Benefits

    ...

    Pay

    ...

    We need to include relocation assistance and travel info somewhere. Could add a sentence in About the role: "Relocation assistance may be available. The position may require domestic and international travel (approximately 10% of time)." Also mention clearance info: "U.S. Citizenship required and ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance; also must obtain clearance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as an Employee Possessor and complete a Gun Control Act Self Certification form." We should not duplicate content already in Requirements bullet list; but we can include in About the role as summary, but we must preserve all substantive information; we can keep it in Requirements and also mention in About the role? That would duplicate but not prohibited? The instruction: Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is not forbidden but better to avoid redundancy. However we can keep the details in Requirements and not repeat in About the role. But we need to include relocation assistance and travel info; they are not in Requirements currently. So we can add them in About the role. Thus About the role will include the descriptive paragraphs plus sentence about relocation assistance and travel. Let's craft About the role paragraph(s): We can combine into one or two paragraphs. Paragraph 1: At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities ... making history. Paragraph 2: At Northrop Grumman Defense Systems we are seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to support our Armament Business site located in Mesa, AZ. Armament Systems is a leading supplier of integrated medium-caliber weapon systems for land, air and sea platforms through its world-renowned Bushmaster® line of automatic cannons produced at its Mesa, Arizona facility. Paragraph 3: This Systems Engineering position is for an individual contributor role on medium caliber gun system programs within the Armament Systems Division. As part of the Systems Engineering group, the Principal Systems Engineer coordinates planning, organization, implementation, integration, and completion of assigned engineering projects. This position is located in Mesa, Arizona. Relocation assistance may be available. The position may require domestic and international travel (approximately 10% of time). We should not include "CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None" because
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