Manufacturing Project Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Manufacturing Operations Engineering organization is seeking a Manufacturing Project Engineer 2 for the Advanced Micro-Electronics Cell (AMEC), at its site near BWI Airport in Maryland. The engineer is responsible for a product line or group of product lines as they move through their respective areas, serving as the main point of contact for manufacturing engineering activities related to the product. The role monitors product performance, quality, delivery, and cost; coordinates with shop-floor, program, customer, and functional teams; and drives corrective action and continuous improvement. The position also supports product startup and manufacturing readiness activities, including documenting non-recurring costs and coordinating requests for non-deliverable hardware. Travel is 10% of the time. No relocation assistance is available. A clearance is not required to start, but the employee must be able to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related STEM area and at least 2 years of relevant professional experience, or a Master of Science degree and at least 1 year of relevant professional experience.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Fluency in MS Office software applications.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
- US citizenship is required.
Nice To Haves
- Bare Chip and Wire manufacturing experience.
- Experience with J-STD and MIL-STD requirements, including MIL-STD-883, MIL-PRF-38534, J-STD-001, and IPC-610.
- Experience with Configuration Management and Manufacturing Process Planning.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the main point of contact for manufacturing engineering activities for assigned products within the cell.
- Monitor product performance, quality, delivery, and cost metrics; identify detractors and gather resources to resolve them.
- Collaborate with process engineering peers and functional groups supporting the shop floor, program office, and customer, including quality engineering, manufacturing supervision, production, operations, design engineering, and program management.
- Drive root cause corrective action efforts.
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities, develop solutions, and advocate for funding.
- Review and handle product on the shop floor.
- Lead communications from the shop floor through yield meetings, situation reports, problem resolution charts, and similar channels.
- Gather and document non-recurring costs for initial product startup and support manufacturing readiness reviews.
- Coordinate between non-deliverable hardware requestors and manufacturing operations/engineering.
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company-paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
