Manufacturing Engineering Manager 3 — Lead & Optimize

Northrop Grumman

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 155,000 - 232,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Manager Manufacturing Engineering 3 to lead a team responsible for driving technical resolution and meeting program schedules. You will set team expectations, develop labor standards, and manage budgets for the manufacturing engineering group while pushing continuous improvements and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, programs, and customers.

Candidates should have a BS in engineering, 8+ years in related field, and 3+ years of people

Qualifications

BS in engineering or related field with a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
Three (3) or more years of people leadership experience.
Experience overseeing professional engineers in a manufacturing, systems, design, or tooling design capacity.
Operations Management experience managing critical production hardware, or a related environment.
Experience in metal fitting and welding processes, general machining and precision large industrial assembly.
Experience with the fundamentals of MRP.
EVMS experience.
Experience with Cost Account Management functions.
Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

Drive technical resolution of manufacturing issues.
Drive innovation and continuous improvement solutions across manufacturing.
Design manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, processing, machining and material handling.
Develop structured manufacturing instructions identifying the operations and order of manufacturing steps, key technical parameters and features.
Work closely with the factory hourly touch labor team on technical aspects of manufacturing including standard operations and rework.
Design sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
Adapt machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify efficiency and initiate corrective action.
Develop manufacturing processes applicable to statistical process control.