Sr Principal Engineer Industrial
About The Position
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is hiring a Sr Principal Industrial Engineer (Level 4) to join its team in San Diego, California. The Industrial Engineering Team works alongside other organizations in day-to-day operations in a fast-paced environment, collaborating to address challenges and improve manufacturing operations. The role analyzes production flow and performance, develops scalable models to optimize product flow under cost, schedule, and resource constraints, and accounts for complex interactions among cost centers, programs, equipment, and tools. It also communicates planning and systems frameworks with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams; supports digital transformation; and leads iterative, agile change efforts. Additional work includes developing shop-floor metrics and visualizations, conducting time studies, improving production workflows and layouts, and studying cost control, inventory, and production records.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM field and at least 8 years of Industrial Engineering experience in a manufacturing production environment; or a Master of Science degree and at least 5 years of such experience; or at least 12 years of Engineering experience in a manufacturing production environment in lieu of a degree.
- At least 1 year of experience with data mining, data analysis, or data visualization software applications such as Excel or Tableau.
- At least 1 year of experience with EVMS (Earned Value Management System).
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret Security Clearance and Special Program Access.
- U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- At least 2 years of demonstrated experience leading project teams.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience improving manufacturing workflow using optimization, modeling, or simulation methods.
- Experience with agile methods of project management or development.
- Strong experience designing visualizations in Tableau in a professional work environment.
Responsibilities
- Analyze lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times, and throughput to meet customer demand effectively and efficiently.
- Build scalable and sustainable models to optimize product flow while accounting for cost, schedule, and resource constraints.
- Incorporate complex interdependencies among cost centers, programs, equipment, and tools.
- Communicate requirements planning and systems frameworks with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams.
- Guide digital transformation efforts aligned with sector and enterprise strategies.
- Lead and drive positive change using iterative and agile methodologies.
- Create metrics and data visualizations to monitor shop-floor performance.
- Complete time studies and follow through on resulting action items.
- Analyze and design sequences of operations and workflows to improve efficiency in plant and production facilities and equipment layouts.
- Establish methods to maximize utilization of production facilities and personnel.
- May establish or assist in establishing accident-prevention measures and may manage personnel training programs covering production operations.
- Conduct studies on cost control, cost reduction, inventory control, and production record systems.
- Develop and implement plans and programs for facility modifications and revisions to operating methods based on study results.
- May assist facilities engineers with facility planning and design.
Benefits
- Health Plan
- Savings Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Education Assistance
- Training and Development
- 9/80 Work Schedule where available
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Company-paid holidays
- Potential overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus depending on the position
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
