2026 Electronic Component Work Center Production Planner & Scheduler ( Level 1 or 2) - Dulles VA

Northrop Grumman • Dulles, VA

1d • $57,300 - $103,400 • 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 seeking an Associate Production Planner & Scheduler or Production Planner & Scheduler to support Eastern Region Manufacturing in Dulles, VA.

Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations relating to specific portion of the product for guidance of production workers. Plans detail operations from drawings, engineering orders, change notices, and other engineering releases. Prepares shop work orders for materials and product processing and coordinates with schedulers to ensure that items are being processed according to specifications and time requirements. Maintains progress reports, schedules, and other related records.

Additional duties of an ECWC Production Planner & Scheduler:

Supports the Electronic Component Work Center (ECWC) main area and box town of which eventually contains all of the product flowing through the work center.
Tracks hardware to ensure products are delivered on time per schedule.
Follows up with technicians / kit auditor / stock room and fills part shortages on the floor.
Attends daily ECWC status meetings.
Keeps box close plans up-to-date ensuring accurate data.
Checks priorities for the next day.
Solves daily roadblocks.
Supports technicians with as required material needed on the floor.
Supports the Harness Work Center (HWC) / electro-Mechanical Work Center (eMWC) / Reliability Analysis Lab (RAL) with requests needed for the ECWC.
Supports Component Test Lab (CTL) with movement of CCAs / boxes ready for or completion of testing.
Creates rework Material Orders (MOs).
Creates shippers is responsible for shipping / tracking of units going to our sister facilities.
Tracks programming of all CCA flat pack grid arrays (FPGAs).

Duties of a Production Planner & Scheduler include those above and:

Identifies and rectifies all traceability concerns for all program builds in the ECWC including CCAs and box builds for both flight and non-flight that are flagged by Quality.
Answers questions at the daily ECWC status meetings.
Works hand in hand with the ECWC manager to prioritize workflow with technicians and Quality.
Supports other ECWC Planners with complicated issues, reversals and/or returns and rolling up or issuing CCAs or parts to the next higher assembly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or high school diploma with an additional 4 years of experience
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Teams, and PowerPoint
• Ability to read an engineering drawing and parts list
• Possess a high level of organizational and interpersonal skills
• Possess a high level of written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to react quickly to people and situations
• Process needed documentation
• Follow written and verbal instructions
• Must be detail oriented
• Have a basic knowledge of manufacturing, inventory, production, test, procurement, quality basics, and/or engineering flows
• Willingness to work overtime as needed
• Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of experience or high school diploma with an additional 6 years of experience or Master’s with 0 years of experience
• Proficiency in Costpoint and Windchill
• Reasonable knowledge of manufacturing, inventory, production, test, procurement, quality basics, and/or engineering flows
• U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in production planning and scheduling
• Reasonable knowledge of Circuit Card Assembly and Box level testing
• Experience working in the Space industry
• Proficiency in Costpoint or SAP, MRP, MES Solumina, and Windchill
• Self-directed, proactive
• Maintaining the ability to be on call as needed for emergency parts or kit requests
• At least 3 years of recent production planning scheduling experience and/or knowledge
• High proficiency in Costpoint or SAP, MRP, MES Solumina, and Windchill
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, inventory, production, procurement, quality basics, and/or engineering flows
• Working knowledge of Circuit Card Assembly and Box level testing

Responsibilities

• Plans sequence of fabrication, assembly, installation, and other manufacturing operations relating to specific portion of the product for guidance of production workers.
• Plans detail operations from drawings, engineering orders, change notices, and other engineering releases.
• Prepares shop work orders for materials and product processing and coordinates with schedulers to ensure that items are being processed according to specifications and time requirements.
• Maintains progress reports, schedules, and other related records.
• Supports the Electronic Component Work Center (ECWC) main area and box town of which eventually contains all of the product flowing through the work center.
• Tracks hardware to ensure products are delivered on time per schedule.
• Follows up with technicians / kit auditor / stock room and fills part shortages on the floor.
• Attends daily ECWC status meetings.
• Keeps box close plans up-to-date ensuring accurate data.
• Checks priorities for the next day.
• Solves daily roadblocks.
• Supports technicians with as required material needed on the floor.
• Supports the Harness Work Center (HWC) / electro-Mechanical Work Center (eMWC) / Reliability Analysis Lab (RAL) with requests needed for the ECWC.
• Supports Component Test Lab (CTL) with movement of CCAs / boxes ready for or completion of testing.
• Creates rework Material Orders (MOs).
• Creates shippers is responsible for shipping / tracking of units going to our sister facilities.
• Tracks programming of all CCA flat pack grid arrays (FPGAs).
• Identifies and rectifies all traceability concerns for all program builds in the ECWC including CCAs and box builds for both flight and non-flight that are flagged by Quality.
• Answers questions at the daily ECWC status meetings.
• Works hand in hand with the ECWC manager to prioritize workflow with technicians and Quality.
• Supports other ECWC Planners with complicated issues, reversals and/or returns and rolling up or issuing CCAs or parts to the next higher assembly.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• a discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level