Engineer Manufacturing/Principal Engineer Manufacturing

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Put your skills to the test by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. From global defense to sustainment and modernization to mission readiness, your experience and ability will make it a reality. Our programs are built on equal parts of curiosity and collaboration. Our combined effort means our customers can connect and defend millions of people around the world. With Northrop Grumman, you’ll have the opportunity to be an essential part of projects that will define your career, now and in the future.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Manufacturing Engineer based out of Apopka, FL. As a Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously adapt innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

**This position may be filled as a Manufacturing Engineer-2 or Principal Manufacturing Engineer-3 based on the qualifications below.

Core Responsibilities:

• Accountable for technical ownership of process, optimization, and disposition including top level and subassemblies.
• Accountable for creation and maintenance of manufacturing Work Orders and Routers, disposition of non-conforming parts and assemblies via site Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Support of manufacturing capacity planning optimization for responsible production lines.
• Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.
• Support of Digital Thread initiatives.
• Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and rework metrics for responsible production lines.
• Accountable for creation and release of Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM), Manufacturing Changes (MC), Work Instructions/Manufacturing Process Plans (MPP), and Standard Manufacturing Process (SMP) documents via site Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• Support of manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE’s) for potential contracts.

Basic Qualifications

                Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2):

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or production manufacturing operation; OR
  Master's degree with 0 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or manufacturing operations.
  Note: An additional 4 years of exempt/professional-level experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or production manufacturing operation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
• Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
• Commitment to ethics and compliance
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Ability for infrequent travel (<10%)
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance.

                Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3):

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or production manufacturing operation; OR
  Master's degree with 3 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or manufacturing operations.
  Note: An additional 4 years of exempt/professional-level experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication or production manufacturing operation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
• Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
• Commitment to ethics and compliance
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Ability for infrequent travel (<10%).
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace or defense product experience: in particular Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) Systems, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER), Optics and Imaging.
• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field.
• General knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Passion and relentless drive for achieving manufacturing and operational results.
• Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) problem solving and Continuous Improvement (CI).
• Experience with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/A).
• Experience with Process control method (SPC/control charts).
• Experience with Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk ).
• Broad technical experience in value stream manufacturing operations.
• Experience with Risk Management identification and mitigation.
• Action oriented with ability to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions.
• Experience with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)
• Experience with a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) System
• TeamCenter Mission Product Life-cycle Management experience
• SAP S/4 HANA Cloud ERP system experience
• Proficiency in CAD Software (SolidWorks, Creo, Siemens NX)
• Digital Manufacturing/Manufacturing Distributed Network (MDN) implementation experience
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office (Teams Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance is available.

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

REFERRAL BONUS ELIGIBLE: Yes

MANUMS

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