Engineer Data

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is hiring a Data Engineer to design and develop interconnected business systems, data pipelines, catalogs, and data products. The role builds and maintains data infrastructure, supports analytics and reporting, and collaborates with technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver reliable insights.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL(Extract, Transform, Load) processes across multiple data sources
• Build and optimize data models for analytics and reporting
• Implement robust data quality, validation, and monitoring frameworks to ensure reliability of downstream insights
• Collaborate with data scientists, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate analytical requirements into technical specifications
• Create reusable, documented analytics code libraries to accelerate self‑service analytics
• Ensure compliance with data governance, security, and privacy policies
• Develop and maintain visualizations (e.g. Tableau dashboard, PowerBI reports, etc.) and ad‑hoc querying tools for customers and stakeholders
• Perform exploratory data analysis and applied analytics to identify trends, outliers and anomalies in engineering and business data. Synthesize findings into clear, actionable insights for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred

• Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
• Experience with modern data orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow)
• Proficiency in leading data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)
• Expert in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools
• Experience with data platform technologies (e.g., Palantir, Databricks, etc.)
• Experience with manufacturing and quality system (e.g. MES, Solumina, TIPQA, CPATS, etc.)
• Data Orchestration
• Apache Airflow
• SQL
• Data Platforms
• Palantir
• Manufacturing Systems
• Quality Systems
• MES
• Solumina
• TIPQA
• CPATS

Benefits

• A hybrid work arrangement may be considered for this position.
• 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.
• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

Company

• Aerospace and defense systems for space, aeronautics, and cyberspace
• Falls Church, Virginia, USA
• https://www.northropgrumman.com/
• Founded in 1994
• 10001+ employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 2 years of experience OR Master's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 0 years of experience
• Experience with Python, GIT, Command Line, SQL Servers, DataBricks, Oracle databases, Dagster, Tableau, Microsoft Excel, Visual Studio, FastAPI, Azure, SQL Alchemy, pytorch, scikit-learn, pillow, OpenCV and torchvision
• Experience with data architecture, data models, physical database designs, data integration strategy and design for operational systems, systems integration, and analytical systems
• Experience with SQL Server and proficiency in data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, etc.)
• Active US Government Secret Clearance and ability to obtain program access
• U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions
• Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
• Experience with modern data orchestration tools (e.g. Airflow)
• Proficiency in leading data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI)
• Expert in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools
• Experience with data platform technologies (e.g., Palantir, Databricks, etc.)
• Experience with manufacturing and quality system (e.g. MES, Solumina, TIPQA, CPATS, etc.)
• Bachelor’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 2 years of experience OR Master’s degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field with at least 0 years of experience

Required skills

• Python, SQL Server, Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Integration, Git, Databricks, Oracle, Dagster, Tableau, Power BI

Preferred skills

• Ability to obtain Top Secret clearance, Expert in Python, SQL, and data visualization tools

Experience

• Mid level