Logistics Systems Engineer

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security.  Our Engineering and Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter.  Come be a part of our mission!

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Logistics Systems Engineer with the ability to obtain a security clearance to work with our Specialty Engineering Team out of Woodland Hills, CA. 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 & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation. This is an exciting, challenging and specialized role for a talented, energized and innovative individual who wants to pursue growth in Integrated Logistics and Obsolescence Engineering. This is fully onsite position located in Woodland Hills, CA working a 9/80 schedule.

What You’ll get to Do:

• Support the end‑to‑end management of component and product obsolescence across our product lines. This role focuses on proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, and cross‑functional coordination to ensure product continuity and cost‑effective solutions for legacy and new designs.

• Support logistics engineering activities and assist as a technical resource from a program’s concept and proposal phases through development, test, production, and post-production support phases.

• Provide obsolescence analysis support

• Generate DMSMS Health Reports necessary to meet customer requirements

• Solve complex obsolescence challenges in support of development and sustainment programs

• Be an engaged and versatile team member of the Integrated Logistics Support team seeking to continuously improve upon existing practices.

• Utilize engineering background, analytical skills, and knowledge of a wide array of industry tools to conduct DMSMS analysis and provide status to the Integrated Product Team (IPT) on a regular basis.

This position is contingent on program award.

Basic Qualifications Logistics Systems Engineer:

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of experience in components engineering, DMSMS, Logistics, design or other related engineering field; Master's degree plus 0+ years of experience in components engineering, DMSMS, Logistics, design or other related engineering field

• Familiarity with obsolescence or Diminishing Manufacturing Source and Material Shortages (DMSMS)

• PC mastery with Microsoft Windows Office Products, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.

• U.S. Citizenship is required

• The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance is required

• Ability to work full-time onsite at the Woodland Hills, CA facility

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to interpret engineering drawings, parts lists, and component data sheets

• Experience using Silicon Expert, IHS (formerly Accuris), Supplyframe, and GIDEP tools.

• Experience in military maintenance and sustainment support.

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems (i.e. Teamcenter) and Material Resource Planning (MRP) systems (i.e., SAP)

• Experience with Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) processes in support of obsolescence planning

• Demonstrated excellent communication (verbal and written), presentation skills

• Self-starter capable of performing assigned tasks with some direction.

• Familiarity with SD-22 DMSMS Guidebook, SAE STD-0016, other industry standards.

• Possess active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.