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About the Role

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. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Principal Data Scientist to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals within our Systems Engineering organization. This role is located in San Diego, CA. In this role, you will be responsible for supporting a data analysis effort within the Sustainment Systems Engineering team on the Triton Enterprise. You'll be expected to maintain, develop, and routinely run a set of data analysis tools to help make data-driven decision making. You should also be able to assist with network updates and maintenance of the virtual machines that host the database. This role will require strong experience in ingesting, processing, storing, analyzing, and visualizing large data sets.

Responsibilities

Design scalable data mining pipelines.
Establish protocols for data ingestion, cleaning, transformation, and storage.
Evolve models to capture long term trends and support real time analytics.
Perform exploratory data analysis, hypothesis testing, and advanced statistical modeling.
Create interactive dashboards and reports using modern BI and visualization tools to communicate insights.
Partner with engineering, operations, and business units to define problem statements, translate requirements into analytical solutions, and integrate findings into product roadmaps.
Stay abreast of cutting edge data science methodologies and evaluate their relevance to defense contexts.
Mentor teams and promote a culture of data driven decision making.
Establish data governance standards, data quality metrics, and reproducibility practices across the analytics lifecycle.
Maintain, develop, and routinely run a set of data analysis tools.
Assist with network updates and maintenance of virtual machines that host the database.

Requirements

Must have a Bachelors degree in a STEM field and at least 5 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a Master's Degree in a STEM field and at least 3 years of relevant military / professional experience, OR a PhD and at least 1 year of relevant military / professional / academic experience.
Must have an active DoD Secret or higher clearance (with a background investigation completed within the last 6 years or currently enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance within a reasonable time as determined by business needs.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Skills

Python
SQL
Tableau
.DAT file decoding
Security patch updates to virtual machine instances on servers hosted on central network
Ability to translate complex analytics into clear, actionable insights
Self-starter in influencing cross functional teams
Out-of-the-box problem solving
Driving analytical strategy
Proven ability to influence and drive adoption of best practices across teams
Capable of reading and understanding system architecture diagrams
Keen interest in autonomous air vehicle platforms and its operations

Location

San Diego, CA

Work Type

9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off

Experience Level

Principal

Education Level

Bachelors degree in a STEM field
Master's Degree in a STEM field
PhD

Salary/Compensations

$125,300.00 - $187,900.00

Benefits

Relocation assistance may be available
Health insurance coverage
Life and disability insurance
Savings plan
Company paid holidays
Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Overtime
Shift differential
Discretionary bonus
Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)

About the Company

With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future.
Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work.
Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.

Equal Opportunity

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.