Manufacturing Engineer - Level 2 or Level 3

Northrop Grumman•Sterling, VA

2d•$83,400 - $155,400•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer – Level 2 or Level 3 to join their team in Dulles, VA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off. The role involves creating, leading, and approving production plans, providing engineering review and documents for customer programs, and leading non-conformance review and root cause determination. The engineer will design manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, and material handling, as well as design machine arrangements for efficient plant layouts. They will also design sequences of operations, specify fabrication procedures for tools and equipment, adapt machine designs to factory conditions, and may incorporate inspection and test requirements into production plans. Responsibilities include inspecting machinery performance, investigating deficiencies, developing statistical process control methods, providing guidance on design concepts, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The role requires direct interface with Technicians and supporting roles in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position can be filled at either a Level 2 or Level 3.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications for Level 2: Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or other related STEM area and at least 2 years of experience in Manufacturing/Process Engineering, Production, or related area - OR - a Master's degree (Additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be accepted)
Basic Qualifications for Level 2: No clearance required
Basic Qualifications for Level 2: Hands-on experience with electronics assembly processes and equipment including some of these: soldering, mechanical assembly, epoxy dispensing and curing, conformal coating, thermal interface material dispense/application, Automated Optical Inspection, component/assembly test, etc.
Basic Qualifications for Level 3: Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or other related STEM area and at least 5 years of experience in Manufacturing/Process Engineering, Production, or related area - OR - a Master's degree with 3 years of applicable experience (Additional years of experience in lieu of degree will be accepted)
Basic Qualifications for Level 3: No clearance required
Basic Qualifications for Level 3: Hands-on experience with electronics assembly processes and equipment including some of these: soldering, mechanical assembly, epoxy dispensing and curing, conformal coating, thermal interface material dispense/application, Automated Optical Inspection, component/assembly test, etc.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with circuit card installation, box closure, and rework
Experience with preventative maintenance
Experience with Costpoint, SAP, MES, Solumina, TIPQA, Windchill
Experience working in an ISO or AS9100 environment

Responsibilities

Creates, leads, and approves production plans.
Leads efforts to provide engineering review and documents intended processes to maintain schedule for one or more customer programs.
Leads non-conformance review and root cause determination.
Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.
Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
Directly interfaces with Technicians and supporting roles in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.