Principal Engineer Process

Northrop Grumman•Rolling Meadows, IL

1d•$98,900 - $148,300•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector is looking for a Manufacturing Process Engineer located on-site in Rolling Meadows, IL. This position will support product build in a dynamic, fast-paced and technically challenging environment in support of Radio Frequency systems, requiring collaboration across functional groups. Manufacturing Engineers thrive in an environment of daily unique challenges and close proximity to products. Partnering with production, successful process / test / industrial engineers lead troubleshooting and ensure excellence in hardware and software. Engineers who do well in this setting enjoy seeing their work perform in a test or a product, collaborate and communicate well across functions, and are innovative problem solvers. Best suited to this role are those who enjoy learning and bring a sense of urgency and energy to their tasks. Building a strong professional relationship with other Manufacturing disciplines (Process Engineering, Project Management, Shop Operations, Mission Assurance), strong decision-making skills and a high-level ethical standard is essential. We seek individuals with proven excellence in the following 6 core competencies: a) Takes high levels of Self-accountability and Ownership b) Acts with Speed c) Responds to Challenges with Resilience d) Leads with Courage e) Sets vision for the assigned products f) Builds a High Performing Team. This position will include providing process support for the manufacture of the Shop Replaceable Units from received Circuit Cards, as well as supporting assembly into a payload (Line Replaceable Unit). This position will support aerial, military-grade, or space-grade Electronic Warfare Systems and Subsystems.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical, Electrical Engineering or related STEM field with a minimum of 5 years relevant experience; OR a Master of Science (MS) degree in equivalent fields and minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Experience interpreting drawings and specifications.
Experience in creating process work instructions, developing/improving manufacturing processes, and/or working in a design or systems environment.
Experience in managing small to medium scale projects or leading continuous improvement projects.
Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams (such as OPM, design engineering, etc.)
Ability to obtain and maintain Secret security clearance.
United States citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

Experience performing earned value/CAM efforts
Experience with leading executive presentations.
Experience with Root Cause Corrective Action methods.
Experience troubleshooting Circuit Card Assemblies.
Experience and/or education in use of the DMAIC process.
Active Secret Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

Support to Production: Coordinate with Design Engineering, Production technician, Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality organizations to meet manufacturing contractual commitment.
Investigate, design, and provide solutions to support nonconformance repair procedures.
Generate and maintain/revise Manufacturing Engineering Process Specifications, Work Instructions, Routers, Tooling/Fixturing and Equipment.
Review of quality metrics to identify and leading efforts needed to implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce cost, cycle time, defects.
Collaborate with design engineering to achieve producibility in new and updated product design.
Leading and reporting day-to-day process engineering efforts, providing executive level presentation on current state of a project or on a plan to resolve a production level issue, performing earned value on non-recurring activities.
Ability to interface/communicate with multiple levels of leadership, clients, and vendors.