Engineer Mechanical

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Job Description –Mechanical Engineer Process (NG)

Our Missile Products Division in Plymouth, MN has an excellent opportunity for a Mechanical Process Engineer whose duties and required experience are described below.

Responsibilities:

As a Mechanical Process Engineer in the Fuzing and Warheads Development Group, you will be responsible to ensure that production engineering best practices and processes are defined and followed in the product and process design phase and into manufacturing start-up through rate production.  You will work with various disciplines including design, production, quality, safety, functional managers, program managers, and external suppliers to insure our products are designed for production, assembly, manufacture, test and any other key production attributes.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide a production perspective during the development process, to make sure production requirements are addressed for our multiple programs and products that are manufactured at our ABL West Virginia location and locations outside of ABL, including key teammates and suppliers.
• Work with Production Engineering to establish requirements and specifications for special test equipment, manufacturing equipment and tooling, and inspection equipment to be used in production.
• Support the product risk register or integrate in the program risk register production concerns, risks, issues and risk mitigation activities to insure a success production startup.
• Act as the point of contact between production and design to coordinate, delegate and resolve design related issues that occur during production such as parts obsolescence and material review board (MRB) activities.
• Participate in department Build Readiness Reviews (BRRs) and Production Readiness Reviews (PRRs)
• Support managing change to insure that product/process/tooling changes will not affect production performance.
• Support data reviews and track production metrics to provide feedback and lessons learned on what works and does not work in production.
• Participate in DFMA workshops to insure that early in product development manufacturing, key suppliers, test, quality is being included in the product definition. 
• Support driving common lines, common processes, common parts where possible across programs to get maximum leverage of synergies.
• Support preparation and delivery of presentations to internal and external customers
• Provide support to our Fuzing and Warheads business lane pursuits, including the preparation of white papers and proposals.

Requirements:

• BS in Engineering is required, preferably Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering.
• 2 or more years of related manufacturing engineer experience.
• Will consider MS degree with 0 or more years of experience.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Ability to multitask and organize/prioritize job assignments and direct reports in a rapidly changing, short turn-around environment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes to include machining, EDM, additive manufacturing, injection molding, PWB manufacturing, SMT component placement, and electronics packaging.
• Strong communication skills, oral and written.
• Understanding of Six Sigma disciplines, design for assembly / design for manufacturing (DFA/DFM).
• Possess an understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) or process control
• Possess an understanding of computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM).
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point, Project).
• Ability to travel, approximately 2 times per month to production facilities and suppliers.
• Security regulations require that the individual must be a U.S. citizen and must have the ability to obtain a DoD security clearance to a level of SECRET.

Salary Range: $73,600 USD - $110,400 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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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