Manufacturing Engineer / Principal Manufacturing Engineer – Space Components

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An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Space craft Components is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Space craft Components at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/.

Our Deployables Operating Unit is hiring for either a Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2) or a Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3). The selected candidate will support our Space Components division. This position may be located in Oxnard, CA or Goleta, CA.

Core Responsibilities:

• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout
• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan
• Inspects performance of 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
• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations

This requisition may be filled at either a Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2) or a Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3) grade based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2):

• 2 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Experience resolving productivity or quality issues that significantly improve manufacturing operations
• Experience leading a manufacturing engineering project.

Basic Qualifications for Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3):

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 3 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Experience resolving productivity or quality issues that significantly improve manufacturing operations
• Experience leading a manufacturing engineering project.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing experience with Space Components
• Lead complex projects
• Experience with process innovation
• Experience with MES (Manufacturing Execution System)

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This position reports to Goleta, CA, USA, however, this position can also be worked from Oxnard, CA, CA, USA.

Salary Range: $77,100 USD - $115,700 USD

Salary Range 2: $95,000 USD - $142,400 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

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