Energetic Technician 2​/3 (2nd Shift

Energetic Technician 2 or Energetic Technician 3

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 is currently seeking an Energetic Technician 2 or an Energetic Technician 3 for the night shift at our Elkton, Maryland location.

The Northrop Grumman Propulsion Systems and Controls (PS&C) facility in Elkton, Maryland began solid-propellant rocket operations in 1948. Today, the Elkton PS&C facility designs, develops, and produces solid-propellant propulsion and ordnance systems in programs professionally managed for a wide variety of Government and commercial customers. The facility also serves as the hub for offsite engineering and test facilities in Ronkonkoma, NY, Palm Beach Gardens, FL and San Jose, CA.

Elkton, Maryland is located on the Upper Chesapeake Bay, midway between Philadelphia and Baltimore. Discover charming small towns, parks with miles of trails, specialty and antique shops, award winning restaurants, and inns. You can go boating, golf, hike, bike, camp, bird watch, ride horseback, or drop a fishing line. Five rivers, Chesapeake Bay and the C&D Canal can be explored by boat or by land.

Experience panoramic views from Turkey Point Lighthouse on a bluff overlooking the Bay, or from the banks of the C&D Canal where ships from around the globe cruise.

Under supervision, supports processing, management and handling of energetic materials and electromechanical systems while ensuring strict compliance with all energetics safety protocols and a high awareness of electrostatic energy around energetics to prevent unintended discharge. Supports Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) oversight/ coordination for final hardware buy-off and functional-area audits, providing the required energetics documentation and traceability. Adheres/supports Hazardous Operation Standards (HOPS) reviews, Plant Propellant Control Board (PPCB) activities, Hazard Analysis and other safety-based programs that govern energetics operations.

Maintains work areas in compliance with Foreign Object Debris (FOD), Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and 5S standards, ensuring that energetics safety requirements are consistently met. Performs a variety of duties that center on energetics work, including but not limited to assisting engineers in the development of mechanical, electrical and electromechanical engineering designs, tests, fabrications, modifications, assemblies and components, and grounding systems and component bonding during assembly, fabrication and transportation in the presence of energetic (explosive) materials to prevent detonation.

Works from schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, layouts or defined plans to perform routine testing, checkout, troubleshooting, prototype building, environmental testing, and simple developmental engineering tasks. Analyzes data and recommends modifications to components, process documentation, or test procedures, always considering the unique safety and performance requirements of energetics systems.

Job Responsibilities:

• Follow the directions of supervision and lead technicians for the fabrication of rocket motors. Works with explosives and chemicals during the processing of propellant and rocket motor components.
• Candidate must be able to read and follow written manufacturing instructions. Must be able to work closely with non-manufacturing personnel to meet build requirements and schedules.
• Safe handling of…