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. Please note that this opportunity is contingent on program funding. Start dates are determined after funding confirmation. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) has openings for Senior Principal Manufacturing Engineers to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting our Production Engineering and Operations (PE&O) organization. The position requires on-site support located in St Augustine *, FL or Melbourne, FL, and cannot be performed *remotely due to the nature of the role.
Responsibilities
- Provide guidance to Engineering regarding design concepts to ensure the best manufacturing technique is being used to meet the Engineering design.
- Participate in tool design reviews to ensure tools are feasible and reduce build times and program costs during assembly.
- Identify manufacturing processes and specialty tooling requirements to improve efficiency, quality, and ergonomics in production operations.
- Research, develop, and provide process training as required.
- Define sequence of operations for product builds, investigate and initiate corrective actions and improvements that involve non-conforming product and identify improvement opportunities in areas that require producibility and affordability initiatives.
- Provide liaison support for Engineering definition to influence low production costs for integrated assembly related to electrical, hydraulics, fuels, fluids and propulsion systems.
- Support site safety initiatives related to manufacturing processes.
- Interface/communicate with multiple levels of leadership, clients, and vendors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree with 8 years of related engineering experience such as electrical, mechanical, coatings, and/or production manufacturing OR Master's Degree with 6 years of related engineering experience such as electrical, mechanical, coatings, and/or production manufacturing.
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Ability to work any shift or extended work week as business need requires.
- Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance (DoD must be in scope or enrolled in Continuous Evaluation), and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Company.
Nice-to-haves
- STEM Degree (Science, Technical, Engineering or Mathematical).
- Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance.
- Experience and process knowledge in aerospace manufacturing.
- Experience working hands-on in a production assembly line environment.
- Experience reviewing and interpreting Blueprints and/or 3-D models.
- Experience with Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance, or Machining/Fabrication Processes.
- Experience in Lean Six Sigma.
- Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
- Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems.
- Experience creating Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) Work Instructions.
- System Application and Production (SAP) knowledge.
- Experience providing innovative techniques focused on improving product designs and tooling assemblies or equipment.
Benefits
- Exceptional benefits/healthcare.
- Great 401K matching program.
- 14 Employee Resource Groups inclusive of all employees.
