Material Process Engineer — Parts & Systems Risk

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 139,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Material Process Engineer for our SDS team in Roy, UT. The role focuses on end-to-end parts management within a systems engineering framework, coordinating across suppliers and internal teams to ensure traceability to performance.

You will review specifications, develop data-driven roadmaps, and drive problem-solving across multiple disciplines in a manufacturing environment, including clean rooms. Travel up to 15% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience.
• U.S. citizen.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain SAP clearance.
• Strong written and oral communication for test plans and stakeholder briefings.
• Basic project-management skills (schedule, risk, resource coordination).
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, ASME Y14.24 drawings, and 3D models.
• Knowledge of material properties, process controls, failure modes, material traceability, and serialized-part control.
• Ability to read, apply, and generate reports per DoD/aerospace standards such as MIL-STD-11991.
• Experience in related fields (DOE, automotive, medical-device manufacturing, quality assurance) acceptable.
• Experience with MIL-STD or industry machining, welding, soldering, electronic assembly, cable-harness fabrication, coating/surface-treatment systems, and cross-disciplinary quality & documentation.
• Willingness to work on-site in manufacturing facilities, including clean-room or hazardous environments.
• Availability for up to 15% travel for supplier visits, audits, and technical briefings.

Responsibilities

• Perform full spectrum of design application parts management tasks to ensure risk identification and mitigation.
• Review and approve multilayered systems of systems designed and fabricated with multiple contractors across the country.
• Demonstrate knowledge of Systems Engineering and multi-generational program development.
• Create, analyze, and present roadmaps, impact, and issue reports to stakeholders and upper management.
• Research specs and standards to support part, material & process engineering across multiple supplier designs.
• Coordinate with integrated product teams and provide status to program leadership.
• Collaborate with systems engineers and project managers to ensure traceability to system performance.

Skills

Strong communication

Project management

Technical drawing reading

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

Capital

Expedition

Teamcenter

JIRA

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Material Process Engineer for our SDS team in Roy, UT. The role focuses on end-to-end parts management within a systems engineering framework, coordinating across suppliers and internal teams to ensure traceability to performance.

You will review specifications, develop data-driven roadmaps, and drive problem-solving across multiple disciplines in a manufacturing environment, including clean rooms. Travel up to 15% may be required.