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Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems is seeking a Data Engineer to join our onsite team in El Segundo, California. A hybrid work arrangement may be considered for this position.
We are looking for a passionate Data Engineer to design and develop an ecosystem of interconnected business systems, virtualized data pipelines, data catalogs, and end-user consumable data products. We are seeking self-motivated individuals who have a thirst for knowledge, a relentless drive to solve complex problems, and proven experience collaborating in cross functional teams.
Job 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
Basic 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
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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.)
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