Manufacturing Systems Engineering Manager

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 50% 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 Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MSE) Manager to co-lead Scaling & Affordability for the Test & Production Operations (TPO) business unit on missile programs transitioning from Engineering & Manufacturing Development (EMD) into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full-Rate Production (FRP).This position will be located in Roy, UT.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

The Manufacturing Systems Engineering Manager 2 manages a segment of the program and a functional team, providing objective-oriented direction to a group of manufacturing systems engineers and related staff. The manager is responsible for cost, schedule, technical performance, and quality of MSE-owned work packages that enable production scaling and affordability for TPO.

The Manufacturing Systems Engineer function develops requirements, performs technical planning, manufacturing system development/integration, verification and validation, and evaluates cost (implementation, savings, return on investment) and implementation/program risk impacts. Manufacturing systems engineers follow projects through all manufacturing readiness level phases: concept development, design, fabrication/assembly/test at lab level, production-environment demonstration, full production operations implementation, and sustainment/maintenance/continuous improvement.

These projects focus on advanced and emerging manufacturing capabilities and digital technologies with the goal of improving overall production quality, span times/time-to-market, and reducing cost.

• Manage a team of MSEs and technical staff, including direct supervision, performance feedback, staffing, development, and workload prioritization.
• Provide direction to subordinates in objective-oriented terms, based on general management guidelines and functional procedures.
• Oversee projects and tasks assigned to the organizational group; become directly involved when needed to meet schedules or resolve technical/operational issues.

• Co-lead the Scaling & Affordability strategy for TPO, ensuring that manufacturing systems and processes can support transition from EMD builds to LRIP and FRP rates.
• Lead transition-to-production activities for developed manufacturing systems into program and functional manufacturing spaces (production and test).
• Ensure that solutions are robust, repeatable, and scalable, with a strong presence on production and test shop floors to validate performance and resolve issues.

• Guide the team in developing manufacturing system requirements, architectures, and implementation plans that support rate increases, quality…