Engineer Manufacturing

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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 Aerostructures Business Unit (ASBU) has an opening for Manufacturing / Principal Manufacturing Engineer Level 2/3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position requires on-site support and will be located in Clearfield, UT at the Freeport Composites Center (FCC) within the Freeport Center.

The selected candidate will provide critical support in a production environment to help develop and maintain manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for composite aircraft parts and assemblies. Selected candidate will be primary technical point of contact for assigned work cell(s) and work as part of a broader support team to accomplish job duties. These responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and rework metrics for responsible production lines.

• Responsible for floor support of the work areas to help facilitate the ability to meet production requirements.

• Will review and interpret design drawings and specifications to ensure process is capable of producing compliant product.

• Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.

• Accountable for creation and maintenance of Manufacturing Bill of Materials, Work Instructions, manufacturing routers and standard work documentation.

• Responsible for continuous improvement of the manufacturing process.

• Accountable for preliminary dispositions of non-conforming parts and assemblies including evaluation of defects to the applicable requirements and determining the optimal path forward.

• Supports root cause analysis of failures and manages the implementation of corrective actions.

• May support manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE’s) for potential contracts.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter seeking autonomy and possesses both strong written and verbal communication skills. He/she should enjoy collaborating with others of varying backgrounds and roles, including but not limited to Production, Maintenance, and Quality, in a fast-paced environment to solve time-sensitive problems. We are a tight-knit team, and we enjoy working together to reach our mutual goals.

Primary work schedule is for a day shift, Monday – Thursday (4x10's schedule).

This role can be filled at a Manufacturing Engineer Level 2 or Principal Manufacturing Engineer Level 3 depending on the qualifications below.

Basic Qualifications:

Manufacturing Engineer Level 2:

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and 2 years of engineering work experience in the following fields;
  Manufacturing, Productions, Mechanical, Industrial, Civil, Process, Aerospace, Systems, Design, Electrical and Materials engineering OR;
  Masters Degree in a STEM field with 0 years of experience

• Experience with reading and understand engineering drawings and specifications

• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Ability to obtain a DoD clearance prior to start

• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (PAR) prior to start

Principal Manufacturing Engineer Level 3:

• Bachelors Degree in a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and 5 years of engineering work experience in the following fields;
  Manufacturing, Productions, Mechanical, Industrial, Civil, Process, Aerospace, Systems, Design, Electrical and Materials engineering OR;
  Masters Degree in a STEM field with 3 years of experience OR;
  PhD in STEM field with 0 years of exp.

• Experience with reading and understand engineering drawings and specifications

• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Ability to obtain a DoD clearance prior to start

• Ability to obtain Special Program Access (PAR) prior to start

Preferred Qualifications :

• Degree in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Mechanical, or Composite Engineering

• Active DoD Clearance

• Active Special Program Access

• Solid understanding of root cause / corrective action (RCCA) processes and techniques

• Experience using RCCA tools such as Five Why, Pareto,…