Engineer Process

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission‑enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi‑domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission‑enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for you to join us as a Process Engineer based onsite in Rolling Meadows, IL
.

Our team works with pride across business units, functional groups, and customers toward a common goal:
To protect our troops. Our work is unique, challenging, and rewarding, but most of all, it is work that makes a difference.

The selected candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Manufacturing Engineering team, where they will work on Infrared Countermeasures (IRCM) suite of products as a Test Engineer.

Manufacturing Engineers thrive in an environment of daily unique challenges and proximity to products. Partnering with production, successful test engineers lead troubleshooting and ensure excellence in hardware and software. Engineers who do well in this setting enjoy seeing their work perform in a test or a product, collaborate and communicate well across functions, and are innovative problem solvers. Best suited to this role are those who enjoy learning and bring a sense of urgency and energy to their tasks.

• Support the production floor and assembly technicians with timely technical guidance
• Support/collaborate with Design Engineering, Project Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Quality organizations to meet manufacturing contractual commitment
• Perform hands‑on troubleshooting of IRCM Sensors

• Generate and maintain/revise Manufacturing Engineering process specifications, work instructions, routers, tooling/fixturing and equipment
• Investigate, design, and provide solutions to support nonconformance repair procedures, review/generate change notices, etc.

• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce cost, cycle time, defects.
• Analyze assembly/workmanship failures and failure data to identify trends; create failure analysis materials such as failure charts, quad charts, and customer presentations
• Lead/support root cause investigations and implement corrective actions
• Work with suppliers to resolve technical hardware issues

• Collaborate with design engineering to achieve producibility in new and updated product design
• Contribute to research, design, development, and assembly activities for a variety of development products; execute hardware assembly and integration activities
• Lead / support Non‑Recurring (NRE) projects, including test fixture/tooling design, drawings, parts lists / bills of materials, updating process documentation, and validation

The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Technology or a related STEM field and a minimum of 2 years of…