Manager Manufacturing Engineering 2 - Fabrication

Northrop Grumman•Sunnyvale, CA

2d•$133,100 - $199,700•Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history. Northrop Grumman is looking for you to join our team as a Manager of Manufacturing Engineering based in Sunnyvale, CA. This individual will manage the Manufacturing Engineering team supporting Propulsion and Power Generation machinery product lines responsible for welding and fabrication engineering operations. The group will be responsible for providing production support, such as defining Manufacturing Instructions for routings, optimizing sequence of operations, identifying continuous improvement opportunities to improve efficiency, implementing process or equipment changes, tooling and shop aid needs to improve throughput, and processing material discrepancies.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience; Master's with 6 years of experience. (Note: 4 additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
Experience with fabrication and heat treat processes.
Minimum 2 years of technical project management experience.
Minimum 2 years experience managing a team of 8 or more members (direct or matrixed reports).
US Citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors Degree in STEM discipline.
Experience with robotic welding systems and automation technologies.
Experience in facilities and capital planning, resource and capacity planning and control account management practices.
Experience with the capabilities and constraints of common fabrication practices.
Experience with Military, SAE, ASTM and AGMA specifications.
Experience with special processing operations such as Heat Treating, Non-Destructive Testing, Shot Peening, Coating, and Plating.
Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Lead the team to monitor and improve manufacturing processes, increase efficiency, reduce product cost and improve yields on all products.
Exhibit competent knowledge of all processes on the floor and providing technical oversight of direct reports work.
Interface with Process Area Managers (PAM’s), Operations Program Managers (OPM’s) and Programs on a daily basis to understand technical issues and where we need to focus efforts in supporting production.
Administer and oversee technical program/project execution by managing scope, tasks/schedules/cost projections for all projects.
Support career development, employee engagement, time approval, staffing, yearly reviews and all other related activities for team members.
Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
Oversee and help coordinate process improvement activities that reduce touch time and increase throughput.
Act as main process area interface when investigating, identifying and resolving discrepancies and performance issues when necessary.
Understand impacts to production and coordinate providing alternate processing recommendations.
Support the identification and procurement of equipment, facility preparation/improvement and preventative maintenance.
Support the identification of and improvement for product and process specific safety issues.