Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer

Northrop Grumman • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • $83,400 - $155,400 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is hiring an Industrial Engineer or Principal Industrial Engineer based in Sunnyvale, California. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with manufacturing, IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams to improve program and operational performance using data analytics, metrics, and visualizations. The role supports digital transformation efforts, analyzes manufacturing flow and capacity, and develops scalable models and scheduling tools that account for cost, schedule, resource, and capacity constraints. The position requires on-site support for manufacturing operations and infrequent travel of less than 10%. The role may be filled at level 2 or level 3 depending on the candidate’s experience.

Requirements

• For Industrial Engineer: Bachelor’s degree and at least 2 years of industrial engineering or manufacturing experience, or a master’s degree and at least 0 years of such experience.
• For Principal Industrial Engineer: Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of industrial engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience, or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of such experience.
• Industrial Engineer: Experience with time studies and capacity modeling.
• Industrial Engineer: Experience with shop floor controls, such as SOPs.
• Industrial Engineer: Experience with process control methods, including SPC/control charts.
• Industrial Engineer: Experience with process capability analysis, including Cp, Cpk, Pp, and Ppk.
• Industrial Engineer: Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government secret clearance.
• Principal Industrial Engineer: Experience designing visualizations in Tableau.
• Principal Industrial Engineer: Experience with time studies and capacity modeling.
• Principal Industrial Engineer: Experience with process control methods, including SPC/control charts.
• Principal Industrial Engineer: Experience with process capability analysis, including Cp, Cpk, Pp, and Ppk.
• Principal Industrial Engineer: Experience with Visio or equivalent.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Solid written and verbal communication, interpersonal, critical thinking, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including macros, data mining, and pivot tables, or data visualization software applications.
• Commitment to ethics and compliance.
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Ability to travel infrequently, less than 10%.

Nice To Haves

• Experience improving manufacturing workflow using optimization, modeling, or simulation methods.
• At least 1 year of demonstrated manufacturing experience.
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing methods.
• Experience with SAP S/4 HANA Cloud ERP.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.
• 2 years of demonstrated experience leading project teams.
• Experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or other programming languages.
• Familiarity with workstation ergonomics.
• Experience with agile methods of project management or development.

Responsibilities

• Use data analytics to analyze operational processes and develop metrics and reporting to optimize program and operational performance.
• Lead digital transformation efforts to align Sunnyvale goals with sector and enterprise strategies.
• Create metrics and data visualizations to monitor shop floor performance.
• Analyze lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times, and throughput to meet customer demand efficiently.
• Build scalable, sustainable models to optimize product flow while accounting for cost, schedule, and resource constraints.
• Develop optimized scheduling tools and align SAP/MRP systems with executable plans under varying capacity constraints.
• Communicate requirements, planning, and systems frameworks with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams.
• Provide on-site support for manufacturing and its schedule of operations.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level