Associate Mechanical Engineer – Space Systems

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems has an opening for an Associate Mechanical Engineer to join the Integration and Test Harness team. This position will be located in Dulles, VA.

The selected candidate will perform a variety of operations and procedures related to the manufacturing of cable/harness products.

The ideal candidate is expected to:

• Working with team engineer and technicians to create production plans. 
• Leads efforts to provide engineering review and documents intended processes to maintain schedule for one or more customer programs. 
• Create plans for non-conformance review and root cause determination. 
• Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, and harness installation processing.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques.
• Provides guidance to technicians regarding design concerns and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

Basic Qualification:

• A Bachelors degree in a STEM discipline and minimum of 1 year of related experience.
• Eligible to obtain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance (U.S. Citizenship is a pre-requisite)
• Wire harness assembly and design and schematics knowledge
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite Software
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualification:

• Aerospace experience.
• Aptitude for understanding system and subsystem interactions
• Experience with Costpoint, SAP, MES, Solumina, TIPQA, Windchill
• Experience working in an ISO or AS9100 environment

Salary Range: $72,000 USD - $88,000 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/.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.