Senior Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Northrop Grumman•Mesa, AZ

54d•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 currently seeking a Senior Principal Manufacturing Engineer to provide manufacturing and process engineering technical expertise and project management for our Medium Caliber Cannon production programs in our Mesa, AZ facility. This position is focused on providing technical and process leadership in the manufacturing of medium caliber cannons and supports the Guns business segment at Armament Systems Division. This career opportunity is a great fit for a self-motivated, proactive individual who wants to plan, develop, and execute operations and manufacturing processes in our gun assembly and barrel manufacturing facility. Our engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves hands-on technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations. The candidate will apply strong engineering fundamentals, demonstrate clear communication with those they interact with. If you thrive on attention to detail and want different challenges each day, this is the place for you. Position Description:

Requirements

Our position emphasizes skills and requires 14 years of experience. Will consider a Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience, a Master's degree plus 8 years of experience, or a PhD plus 6 years of experience
Engineering experience in supporting a production environment
Experience working with design engineering, Quality Assurance, machinists, and assembly personnel
Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross functional disciplines within a team
Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)
Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
Must be a US Citizen

Nice To Haves

Experience with MES and/or software that maintains routings and production data
Experience with MRP software (SAP, CostPoint, etc)
Experience with PLM Software (Teamcenter, Windchill, etc)
Experience with using 3D modeling software (Solidworks, NX, Pro-E, etc.)
Experience working with Aerospace/Military standards and implementation of standards across cross-functional teams

Responsibilities

Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, and material handling
Generates and maintains manufacturing bills of materials (MBOM)
Designs arrangement of work centers or machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout
Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of product, tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance
Adapts process, tool, machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan
Inspects performance of processes, product, machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality
Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques
Ensures processes and procedures are compliant with regulations