Staff Engineer Manufacturing Level 5

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Aeronautics Systems has openings for a Staff Manufacturing Engineers Level 5 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The selected candidates will support process design and respond to production issues related to aircraft manufacturing (composite layup, cure, machining, assembly, metallic assembly, and subsystems).
This position is located at our Iuka, Mississippi. The shift for this position will be 2nd shift M - Th 5:00 pm to 3:30 am.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced work environment with diverse assignments. Our team is highly collaborative, working in team settings across all levels and subject areas including operations, design engineering, supply chain, and mission assurance. We enjoy working in a production environment and being hands-on to solve problems that influence company performance.

• Develops manufacturing process structure – instructions, materials, tooling, equipment, and software required to fabricate the product.
• The ideal candidate will act as a mentor to existing team members.
• This candidate will work closely with VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory).
• Identifies process improvements, captures feedback from Operations, and incorporates into the manufacturing process.
• Creates and maintains the planning work instructions.
• Reviews, design changes and specification change and ensures they are captured in the manufacturing process.
• Promptly responds to technical issues that arise on the production floor utilizing work instructions, design models, and specifications.
• Clarifies and provides walkthrough of work instruction to Operations and crafts modifications as needed.
• Leads multifunctional teams to solve production issues.
• Documents issues and disseminates information to core manufacturing engineering for incorporation into future releases.
• Resolves issues by collaborating with other resource groups as needed.
• Gets involved in MRB repairs and special processes to assist Operations as needed.
• Performs PFMEA and RCCA investigations.

• Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) field with 12 years of experience in the following engineering filed;
  Manufacturing, Aerospace, Project Management, Industrial, Mechanical or Process Engineering OR Masters in STEM with 10 years of experience in mentioned fields OR PhD in STEM field with 8 years of experience in mentioned fields.
• Ability to Obtain and maintain a DOD Secret clearance prior to starting.
• Ability to Obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) prior to staring.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, specifically with Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience with reading and understanding engineering drawings and specifications
• Experience with knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

• Active DoD Secret Security Clearance
• Liaison / Floor production engineering experience
• Experience with formal root cause and corrective action processes (PFMEA, Fault Tree, etc.)
• Special Program Access
• Experience in manufacturing industry

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