Principal / Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst

About the role

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Principal / Sr Principal Configuration Data Management analyst to join our team in Palmdale, CA. This position requires a full-time, on-site presence.

Responsibilities

• Technical authority for CDM, ensuring consistency, integrity, and traceability of configuration items and associated data across the program lifecycle.
• Define, own, and enforce enterprise CDM strategy, policies, processes, and standards that meet contract, regulatory, and security requirements.
• Establish and enforce configuration identification, versioning, baselining, throughout the program lifecycle to preserve baseline integrity.
• Implement automated data collection and verification processes to ensure configuration data accuracy and synchronization across tools.
• Lead configuration audits and compliance assessments, prepare evidence for customer/regulatory reviews, and adjudicate findings.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for CM/CDM teams, training, and drive continuous improvement and data remediation efforts.

Requirements

• Current applicable Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
• Active DoD Top Secret SCI clearance (with a background investigation within the past 5 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).

Qualifications

• Principal Configuration Analyst: Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience, a Master’s degree with 3 years of related experience, a PhD with 1 year of related experience, an Associate's degree with 7 years of related work experience, OR 9 years of professional related work experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst: Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of related experience, a Master’s degree with 6 years of related experience, a PhD with 4 year of related experience, an Associate's degree with 10 years of related work experience, OR 12 years of professional related work experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Experience in Configuration/Data Management and systems engineering, including configuration identification, baselining, change control, audits, and CM governance across complex programs.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• Experience in Configuration/Data Management and systems engineering, including configuration identification, baselining, change control, audits, and CM governance across complex programs.
• Experience leading activities and presenting CDM status/risks to senior leadership.
• Experience in stakeholder management.
• Experience in planning and coordinating the preparation of project documentation, such as engineering drawings, production specifications and schedules, and contract modifications, to ensure customer contract requirements are met.
• Experience in reviewing contract documents to determine documentation delivery required for each phase of project, applying knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with analyzing proposed changes of product design to determine effect on overall product and system baseline.
• Experience in coordinating modification records to maintain baseline control.
• Experience in reviewing and analyzing released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities.

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $94,200.00 - $141,200.00
Secondary Level Salary Range: $117,500.00 - $176,300.00