Principal​/Senior Principal Materials and Process Engineer

Principal/Sr. Principal Materials and Process Engineer

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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Materials and Process Engineer with the desire to learn new technologies to join our innovative Software Technologies Organization to help develop, enhance and maintain software on cutting edge products and systems. Candidates will support ongoing physical analysis and mechanical testing for a variety of materials, including composites, metals, and polymers, along with laboratory improvements to allow for expansion of these capabilities within the Materials and Processes Teams.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal/Sr. Principal Material and Process Engineer based out of Linthicum, MD.

This position can be filled as a Principal Material and Process Engineer or a Senior Principal Material Process Engineer.

Summary of Role:

As a Principal/Sr. Principal Material and Process Engineer within the Material Analysis Organization, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. By ensuring quality products are being produced throughout the lifecycle of our hardware, 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 drive 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.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Safely execute and document material characterization performed on materials including, but not limited to, manufactured metallic parts, printed wiring boards, adhesives and coatings, for property analysis and quality verification.
• Interface with manufacturing and engineering to identify opportunities for process development and opportunities for existing process improvement with respect to material use.
• Be able to independently develop test plans, lead small groups of engineers to execute testing, and draw conclusions from the results as well as document and communicate results to necessary stakeholders.
• Work with a team of diverse individuals to provide data driven decisions for material qualification and verification.
• Be able to review and understand internal, industry, and customer requirements to ensure our test methods and test results align.
• Participate in recommendations and approvals for program designs regarding material use and/or investigation and approval of new material introductions to the BWI site.
• Execute IRAD/MTA projects with limited guidance from a senior engineer. Support project execution to maintain cost, schedule, and technical deliverables.
• Apply process improvement and engineering methodologies to effectively improve and align sector, division, business unit, and section level processes, and coordinate the evaluation, documentation, and implementation of identified chemical processes to the engineering team.
• Serve as a POC from the Materials and Processes group to Program Managers, Cell Managers, or other stakeholders on the capabilities and utility of our group.

This position is contingent upon the successful transfer of a US Government Secret clearance prior to start

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