Manufacturing/Process Engineer 2/3

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Manufacturing Process Engineer to support Final Assembly areas. The role focuses on monitoring processes, reducing disruptions, and developing new manufacturing capabilities at the Linthicum, MD facility.

The candidate will work with design and maintenance teams, apply DFM/ DFA practices, and ensure compliance with relevant standards. A Secret clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with electronics assembly processes and equipment such as epoxy dispensing and curing, conformal coating, thermal interface material dispense/application, soldering, mechanical assembly, AOI, component/assembly test.

Responsibilities

• Monitor process performance and optimize for stable outputs; collaborate with multiple manufacturing teams using lean tools.
• Resolve manufacturing disruptions related to materials, designs, equipment, and tooling; work with design engineers on manufacturability.

Skills

Electronics assembly experience

Soldering

AOI (Automated Optical Inspection)

Mechanical assembly

Conformal coating

Thermal interface materials

Creating fixture/tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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 Mission Systems Sector has an immediate need for Manufacturing Process Engineers to support the Final Assembly areas within manufacturing. The primary location is our Linthicum, MD facility.

Factory Support:

• Monitoring process performance; optimizing and implementing improvements to ensure stable and expected outputs; collaborating with multiple manufacturing teams in using lean and continuous improvement tools
• Resolving technical manufacturing disruptions related to materials, designs, equipment and tooling, training and instructions; collaborating with design engineers to resolve technical problems
• Training new personnel on processes and designing training materials; assisting the build team to meet the requirements of J-STD-001, IPC-610, IPC-620, and relevant MIL-STDs
• Supporting factory maintenance personnel with the troubleshooting and repair of process equipment

Process Development:

• Developing new, optimizing, maintaining and improving, manufacturing processes, and parameters, to achieve affordable and reliable production capabilities
• Identifying process-required or product-specific tools and equipment; creating custom tools and fixtures and documenting designs
• Providing data required to develop capacity models, workspace layouts, and product workflow routings
• Specifying new manufacturing equipment for production; leading deployment to ensure factory compliance and readiness for production
• Identifying new technologies that achieve required capabilities or capacities, developing ROI justification for technology deployments or process improvements
• Creating and maintaining process documentation and assembly work instructions from complex engineering drawings and parts lists
• Creating and managing project plans (tasks, resources and schedules) for process development activities and new equipment implementations

Design and Engineering Support:

• Performing producibility reviews of new product designs; recommending product design changes to improve manufacturability; training design engineers to assess designs for manufacturability
• Utilizing Design to Cost (DTC), Design for Manufacturing (DFM), and Design for Automation (DFA) tools to deliver cost-effective and producible products
• Documenting state-of-the-art process capabilities and guidelines for product designers

Miscellaneous:

• Providing supplier support, as needed, to resolve supplier issues in meeting process and product requirements
• Providing Request for Proposal (RFP) inputs, specifically as it relates to Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and material requirements for tooling, capital equipment and/or new process development and documentation
• Travelling to suppliers and customers may be required

The chosen candidate must be able to multi-task in a fast-paced, dynamic, and high visibility environment; work well in a team environment; and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

This requisition may be filled as a Manufacturing Process Engineer or a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer based on the qualifications listed below.

This position can be filled at either a level 2/Manufacturing Process Engineer or level 3/Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer.

Basic Qualifications for a Manufacturing Process Engineer 2:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other related STEM area and at least 2+ years of experience in Manufacturing/Process Engineering, Production, or related area - OR - a Master's degree in a STEM area.
• Hands-on experience with electronics assembly processes and equipment such as epoxy dispensing and curing, conformal coating, thermal interface material dispense/application, soldering, mechanical assembly, Automated Optical Inspection, component/assembly test, etc.
• 3D Solid Modeling experience using a CAD software
• Ability to obtain/maintain Secret level clearance.

Basic Qualifications for a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer 3:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or othe