Material Process Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be 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 Defense Systems is seeking a Staff Material Process Engineer . This position is located in Huntsville, AL or Manhattan Beach, CA and supports the Sentinel program.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Work with design engineers in selection and application of non-metallic materials systems, This includes environmental coatings, adhesives, sealants, composite materials, and supporting hardware.

• Create Material, Process, Component Specifications or Source Control Documents to meet Program Requirements

• Lead and Conduct qualifications of new materials/components, processes, and ageing studies to meet program service life.

• Work with manufacturing and subcontractors to resolve qualification, producibility, and test issues with non-metallic parts and their related processes.

• Manage Bill-of-Materials, new part requests, part objects, and part attributes in a Product Lifecycle Management System.

• Support Supply Chain with component procurement requirements, selection of suppliers, and procurement issues

• Tailoring and allocating of non-metallic requirements to System, Subsystem, and Unit Level Specifications.

• Support Program Subcontractors with non-metallic Part requirements interpretation and review of Subcontractor Data Requirements Lists (SDRLs)

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, 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. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

You’ll Bring These Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline from an accredited university and 12 years of experience, or 10 years of experience with a Master's degree; 6 years of experience with PHD

• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance, at time of application, current and within scope, with an investigation date within the last 6 years

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

• Working knowledge with Microsoft Office Suite of tools - Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word

• Must be able to draft and review design documents, drawings, specification and test plans.

• Must be able to recommend materials selections, and process selections for welding, metallurgy, and corrosion.

• Collaborates with systems engineers, design engineers, project managers, reliability engineers, and external customers for establishing corrosion best practices for galvanic assessments, service life predictions, failure analysis, 3D modeling and simulation, specifications, and processes.

These Qualifications Would be Nice to Have:

• Degree in Corrosion Engineering or metallurgy or Welding Engineering

• Familiarity with AAMP / NACE Corrosion Certification/s

• Understanding of process/procedure development, control, and improvement

• Stress Corrosion Cracking Test planning experience

• Corrosion,…