Associate​/Engineer Manufacturing Level 1​/2

Northrop Grumman D-Shift Floor Support Manufacturing 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 has an opening for a D-shift Floor Support Manufacturing Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. The position will be located in Iuka, MS. This position will support our D shift on a 3/12 schedule Friday-Sunday, from 6:30pm to 7:00am.

The selected candidate will provide critical hands-on support in a high-volume high-mix production environment, working closely with Operations, Quality, and Design engineering. Our goal is to minimize downtime on the production line by troubleshooting, problem solving, and proactively identifying areas of concern. Our engineers work to continuously improve their processes, eliminating process variation and waste while building in quality. Join us in the team effort to meet our production goals!

• Work closely with manufacturing personnel to tackle production issues in hand and machine-aided layup, automated fiber placement, autoclave cure, CNC and water jet machining, and nondestructive inspection
• Develop processes by studying requirements; research, design, modify, and test production/deployment methods and equipment
• Collaborates with Design Engineering on design to ensure practical manufacturing and fabrication solutions
• Maintain and distribute daily shift issue logs, documenting both resolved and pending equipment/production issues for enhanced communication and transfers of information between shifts
• Author, modify, and audit shop floor procedures and electronic work instructions (EWIs)
• Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities to permanently eliminate defects
• Troubleshoot production/equipment/program/tooling issues and implement robust improvements and solutions

This position may be filled as an Associate Manufacturing Engineer Level 1 or as a Manufacturing Engineer Level 2

Basic Qualifications:

• Associate Manufacturing Engineer Level 1:
  Bachelors Degree and 0 years of work experience in a manufacturing environment. Exposure to Microsoft Office applications such as Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Active U.S. Government Clearance in order to apply and prior to starting. Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) per company and business needs.
• Manufacturing Engineer Level 2:
  Bachelors Degree and 1 years of work experience in an engineering manufacturing environment role; OR Masters in STEM field with 0 years of experience. 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 U.S. Government Clearance in order to apply and prior to starting.
  
  Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access (PAR) per company and business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active U.S. Government Clearance
• Active Special Program Access (PAR)
• Engineering degree in Manufacturing, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering or similar
• Knowledge of composite hand layup, fiber placement, bonding, and/or curing
• Knowledge of composite machining using CNCs and/or water jets
• Experience with a CPLM (Product Lifecycle Management) system
• Experience using NX or similar CAD software
• Experience using SAP and MES or similar
• Demonstrated understanding of root cause / corrective action processes and…