# Operations and Maintenance Engineer

AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: YesRELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE TYPE: AU- Secret (NV1)TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription We are Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA). Our 800 strong team is leveraging unparalleled global resources to deliver sovereign Defence capability aligned to the Government’s priorities across Aeronautics, Mission Critical Systems, Space and Guided Weapons. As we build our business and our capabilities, we are also developing a reputation as a great place to work. Help us define what is possible for our nation and for your career. The Role: Based in Exmouth WA, you'll work within a small engineering team supporting a complex operational environment where technical issues need more than a quick fix. You'll investigate problems raised by operations and maintenance teams, assess potential solutions and develop engineering recommendations that improve system performance and reliability. A new mission system is also being introduced, giving you the opportunity to help build the documentation, technical knowledge and engineering practices that will support it. Not everything is fully established, so you'll

- **Id**: 4145562
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/northrop-grumman-operations-and-maintenance-engineer>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Exmouth, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T06:54:53Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T06:54:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5478
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Continuous learning, Parental leave, Professional development, Relocation assistance
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Aerospace Manufacturing, Satellite Manufacturing, C4ISR, Space Defense

## Company

- **Id**: 12494
- **Name**: Northrop Grumman
- **Domain**: northropgrumman.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/northropgrumman>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 471
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.777
- **Repost share**: 0.015
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 27
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T06:54:53Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T09:32:13Z

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