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Principal Engineer Manufacturing

In Person (Apopka, Florida, United States of America)
Full Time
$86,600 – $130,000
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Location:
Apopka, Florida, United States of America

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer based out of Apopka, FL.

As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly, and continuously adapt to innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

This position may be filled as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer-3 based on the qualifications below.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Accountable for technical ownership of process, optimization, and disposition including top-level and subassemblies.
  • Accountable for the creation and maintenance of manufacturing Work Orders and Routers, and disposition of non-conforming parts and assemblies via site Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
  • Support of manufacturing capacity planning optimization for responsible production lines.
  • Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives.
  • Support of Digital Transformation initiatives.
  • Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and rework metrics for responsible production lines.
  • Support of manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE’s) for potential contracts.
  • Solid written and verbal communication skills.
  • Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
  • Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
  • Commitment to ethics and compliance
  • Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
  • Ability for infrequent travel (<10%).
  • Accountable for the creation and release of:
    • Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM)
    • Manufacturing Changes (MC)
    • Work Instructions/Manufacturing Process Plans (MPP)
    • Standard Manufacturing Process (SMP) documents
      via Siemens Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
  • General knowledge of other related disciplines.
  • Passion for achieving manufacturing and operational results.
  • Action-oriented with the ability to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or production manufacturing operation; OR
    master’s degree with 3 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or manufacturing operations.
    Note: An additional 4 years of exempt/professional-level experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or production manufacturing operation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Ability to collect and analyze production data to identify trends and help make decisions regarding process improvement?
  • U.S. citizenship
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Aerospace or defense product experience: Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) Systems, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER), Optics and Imaging.
  • Complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts in the field.
  • High proficiency experience in Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) problem-solving and Continuous Improvement (CI).
  • Experience with Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Design for Manufacturing/Assembly (DFM/A).
  • Experience with Process Control Method (SPC/control charts).
  • Experience with Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
  • Broad technical experience in Value Stream manufacturing operations.
  • Experience with Risk Management identification and mitigation.
  • Experience with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
  • Experience with Siemens Teamcenter Product Life-cycle Management (PLM).
  • Experience with SAP S/4 HANA Cloud ERP system.
  • Experience in CREO CAD Software or equivalent.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) 

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