SR TECHNICAL ASSISTANT - WELD ENGINEERING

Northrop Grumman•Sunnyvale, CA

15h

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is hiring a Senior Technical Assistant in Weld Engineering. The position performs technical welding work, including brazing and soldering, and analyzes and modifies designs, processes, techniques, and equipment. It involves advanced calculations, setting up and demonstrating welding equipment and techniques, training production personnel, and completing and filing certification records and test results. The role supports welder hiring and certification testing, provides classroom and hands-on training, maintains the weld training area and its materials, and supports corrective-action efforts related to workmanship and quality. It also includes equipment checks, maintenance and repair, support for weld engineering projects, collection and reporting of welding data, interpretation of standards, maintenance of welder certification records, monitoring production welding quality, and recommending equipment. This is a union-represented position subject to the current labor agreement between Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Sunnyvale, and IAM Local Lodge 1101. Travel is 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and two years of college, including welding technology courses, or a recognized equivalent.
Experience using GTAW, SMAW, FCAW, SAW, and GMAW welding processes.
Experience explaining and communicating technical welding processes to others.
Ability to perform and pass an onsite welding skill assessment.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Two years as a welding instructor or recognized equivalent training and/or higher-education experience.
Thorough understanding of launcher and propulsion power-generation products and the processes used to manufacture them.
Experience supporting the PQR process for weld engineering.
Evidence of recent welding applications that passed UT and/or RT inspection.
Experience reading weld symbols and blueprints.
Experience using EBW, WAAM, and/or robotic welding.
Experience using MRP/ERP systems.

Responsibilities

Analyze welding work orders, tasks, and data; determine modifications and improvements to designs, equipment, fabrication techniques, and processes; create documentation; and carry out the work.
Set up and demonstrate welding equipment for the processes used, maintaining familiarity with equipment and techniques to support effective use.
Perform advanced technical calculations, analyses, and reviews.
Lead practical testing steps for prospective welders, including preparing equipment and test plates, communicating test instructions, evaluating welds, completing paperwork, reporting recommendations to the hiring manager, and identifying and storing records and plates for one year.
Lead certification and recertification efforts for new weld processes, including training welders, preparing materials and equipment, explaining test protocols, routing materials for evaluation, completing documentation, reporting results, and resolving issues.
Support welder updates and ensure related paperwork is documented correctly.
Provide classroom and practical training to new welders before they are released to the production floor.
Work with the Welding Manufacturing Engineering department manager to maintain training-area materials, identify consumables, equipment, and tooling, submit approved procurement requests, and track inventory.
Support root-cause corrective-action efforts for workmanship and quality issues involving welding processes.
Maintain, organize, and clean the weld training lab and area and ensure safety compliance.
Perform equipment checks, including for new equipment or significant repairs as needed.
Perform equipment maintenance and repairs as needed.
Maintain equipment manufacturer repair and maintenance training certification.
Support Manufacturing Engineers on PQRs and MTA projects.
Provide direction to and work with the Weld Qualifier when support is needed.
Collect welding parameters, weld-pass sequences, and other data, and prepare tables, charts, graphs, and reports.
Locate and interpret reference documents, including military specifications and standards.
Establish and maintain welder certification records and weld test data.
Monitor critical production welding applications for dimensional and weld-quality requirements and provide welding technology assistance.
Specify and recommend welding equipment and accessories, and work with suppliers to obtain quotes and equipment demonstrations.
Perform work of equal or lower code level as required.