Industrial Engineer

Staff Industrial 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 Defense Systems is seeking Staff Industrial Engineer. This position will be located at the supplier site in Elkton, MD.

The ideal candidate is a team player; but also, a strong independent contributor with strong leadership skills, demonstrated problem-solving skills, excellent communication skills, as well as interpersonal and organizational skills and a proactive, detail-oriented approach.

Primary responsibilities for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Analyze lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times and throughput to meet customer demand efficiently.
• Build scalable, sustainable models to optimize product flow while respecting cost, schedule and resource constraints.
• Develop and implement optimized scheduling tools and align SAP/MRP systems with executable plans under capacity limits.
• Incorporate complex interdependencies across cost centers, programs, equipment and tools into planning models.
• Partner with IT, ERP, business-analytics and data-science teams to define requirements and system frameworks.
• Work with developers to design an interactive user interface for scheduling jobs across multiple cost centers.
• Lead digital-transformation initiatives that align with sector and enterprise strategies, employing iterative and agile methodologies.
• Drive continuous-improvement and change-management efforts using agile practices.
• Create new metrics and visualizations to monitor shop-floor performance with modern data-visualization tools.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with senior internal and external stakeholders for program-level decisions.

Position Benefits

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Basic Qualifications

• 12 Years with BS; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD

• Preferred degree in Industrial Engineering, Industrial & Systems Engineering, or related engineering field

• Must have U.S. Citizenship with the ability to obtain an interim Secret Security level clearance pre-start, with the ability to obtain a final Secret Security level clearance post-start

• Must have the ability to obtain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

• Demonstrated experience in industrial engineering or manufacturing workflow optimization, including proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Excel (macros, pivot tables), and data-analysis/visualization software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Defense-industry experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and ERP/MRP tools such as SAP, Oracle, or related platforms.

• Proven ability to develop advanced data visualizations and dashboards using Tableau or comparable tools.

• Experience applying optimization, modeling, or simulation methods to improve manufacturing workflow, including mixed-model production environments.

• Demonstrated use of agile project-management methodologies and successful collaboration with cross-functional teams in a defense or industrial setting.