Engineer Manufacturing

Northrop Grumman•Hanover, MD

19d•$79,600 - $119,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Manufacturing Operations Engineering Team in Baltimore/Elkridge, MD seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. This is a 1st shift position. This career opportunity is a great fit for Engineers who want to design and refine manufacturing processes to ensure they are operating smoothly and efficiently. Our engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves “hands on” technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations. We are seeking manufacturing engineers who are passionate about designing and creating manufacturing processes that enable rapid product delivery schedules with the highest quality. The manufacturing engineer will support our highly automated SMT manufacturing environment. Manufacturing engineers are the process owners who have responsibility for ensuring successful delivery of production hardware. Process development, equipment support, and analysis of failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related STEM field and a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in mechanical engineering or related STEM field and a minimum of 0 years of experience.
Experience reading and interpreting specifications, parts list, and engineering drawings
Attention to detail with ability to demonstrate successful problem solving and analysis
U.S. Citizenship
Working knowledge of manufacturing engineering and Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Analytical skills to review requirements, engineering drawings, and translate into manufacturing processes that produce conforming products.
Self-directed, organized, team oriented with an ability to effectively communicate across teams.
Previous experience with MS Office tools.

Nice To Haves

Previous Experience in the SMT or similar environment
Experience with Troubleshooting complex equipment to ensure adequate availability and performance
Understanding of GD&T and measurement methods
Hands-on troubleshooting of complex manufacturing equipment
Working knowledge of Lean Sig Sigma principles

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement manufacturing processes related to SMT routing and manufacturing
Troubleshoot and support complex manufacturing equipment
Compile data and analyze manufacturing process for process control
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to develop and implement process improvements and solutions
Support operators and technicians through troubleshooting and training
Monitor product yields and maintain program yield targets
Support program meetings in developing root cause and corrective actions
Attend program meetings to report yield issues, yield detractor investigation finding, and corrective actions
Interface with manufacturing management, technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams