Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer
About The Position
Northrop Grumman’s Manufacturing Operations Engineering organization is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer 3 for the Exciter and Mission Electronics Integration and Test (EMIT) cell. The position is located at the company’s site near BWI Airport in Maryland. The engineer is responsible for a group of product lines moving through their respective areas and serves as the main point of contact for manufacturing engineering activities for assigned products. The role involves monitoring product performance, quality, delivery, and cost; coordinating with shop-floor, program-office, and customer-facing functions; resolving problems; and supporting product startup and manufacturing readiness. Travel is 10% of the time. No relocation assistance is available.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related STEM area and at least 5 years of relevant professional experience, or a Master of Science degree and at least 3 years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience managing or leading projects and/or people.
- Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Fluency in MS Office software applications.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PCB assembly and test.
- Experience with J-STD and MIL-STD requirements, including J-STD-001 and IPC-610.
- Experience with Configuration Management and Manufacturing Process Planning.
Responsibilities
- Act as the main point of contact for manufacturing engineering activities for assigned products.
- Monitor product performance, quality, delivery, and cost metrics; identify detractors and gather resources to resolve them.
- Collaborate with process and test engineering and other 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 outward 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 and 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 a discretionary bonus, depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
