Manager Manufacturing Engineering 3

Northrop Grumman • Sunnyvale, CA

5d • $154,600 - $231,800 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Manager Manufacturing Engineering 3 based at its Sunnyvale, California campus. This leader-of-leaders role directs manufacturing engineering teams and drives technical resolution to meet program schedules, improve efficiency, and generate process improvements. The manager is accountable for accurate labor standards and the program and overhead budget performance of the Manufacturing Engineering team, and advances continuous improvement and innovation across Sunnyvale Manufacturing. The role collaborates with manufacturing leadership, engineering, programs, and customers.

The manager oversees projects assigned to the organizational group and conducts technical briefings and meetings with internal and external representatives. The position requires familiarity with welding fabrication, machining, assembly, and testing in a low-volume, high-mix manufacturing operation. It also supports MRP development by providing manufacturing instructions aligned with MRP plans.

The manager leads engineers who resolve manufacturing issues, design processes and production layouts, develop structured manufacturing instructions, and work with factory hourly touch-labor teams on manufacturing standards and rework. The team designs operating sequences and procedures for tools and equipment, adapts equipment to production conditions, incorporates inspection and test requirements into production plans, investigates machinery and process deficiencies, and develops manufacturing methods suitable for statistical process control. The manager also guides engineering on design concepts and specifications that make effective use of equipment and manufacturing techniques, and ensures processes and procedures comply with regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in engineering or a related technical field and at least 8 years of relevant experience.
• At least 3 years of people leadership experience.
• Experience overseeing professional engineers in manufacturing, systems, design, or tooling design.
• Operations management experience managing critical production hardware or a related environment.
• Experience with metal fitting and welding processes, general machining, and precision large industrial assembly.
• Experience with the fundamentals of MRP.
• EVMS experience.
• Experience with Cost Account Management functions.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

• Naval and Marine product experience, including experience working on U.S. Navy programs.
• Experience using SAP in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead manufacturing engineering teams and set expectations for technical resolution, schedule performance, efficiency, and process improvement.
• Establish and maintain accurate labor standards and manage the team's program and overhead budget performance.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation across Sunnyvale Manufacturing in collaboration with manufacturing leadership, engineering, programs, and customers.
• Oversee all projects assigned to the organizational group and conduct technical briefings and meetings for internal and external representatives.
• Support MRP development with manufacturing instructions consistent with MRP plans.
• Lead the resolution of manufacturing issues and the development of manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, processing, machining, and material handling.
• Develop structured manufacturing instructions specifying manufacturing operations, their sequence, and key technical parameters and features.
• Work with factory hourly touch-labor teams on technical manufacturing matters, including standard operations and rework.
• Direct the design of operation sequences and procedures for fabricating tools and equipment and other functions affecting product performance.
• Adapt machine and equipment designs to factory and production conditions.
• Incorporate inspection and test requirements into production plans; inspect machinery, equipment, and tools for efficiency and initiate corrective action for problems and deficiencies affecting product quality.
• Develop manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control and, as appropriate, develop those techniques.
• Guide engineering on design concepts and specification requirements to make effective use of equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensure manufacturing processes and procedures comply with regulations.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions and 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 for vacation and/or personal business.

What This Job Offers

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