Principal Industrial Engineer: Scheduling & Process

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 104,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage

401k

Educational Assistance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Li

Paid Time Off

Health & Wellness Resources

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Principal/Sr Principal Industrial Engineer to support the Systems Test Team in Vandenberg, CA. You will drive schedules, analyze capacity, and optimize manufacturing layouts to enable on-time deliveries while maintaining cost controls.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance, strong analysis skills, and collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.

Qualifications

• U.S. citizen with active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Ability to obtain SAP approval within a reasonable period.
• Strong Industrial Engineering foundation: scheduling, capacity, layout, time studies.

Responsibilities

• Track hardware deliveries and maintain detailed schedules and metrics.
• Develop and maintain SQDEC Boards with daily metrics.
• Create and optimize shop floor and facility layouts.
• Conduct time studies on manufacturing and test activities.
• Coordinate with multiple teams to meet scheduling requirements.
• Present technical briefings to leadership.

Skills

Scheduling

Time Studies

Capacity Analysis

Shop Floor Layouts

EVMS

Education

Industrial Engineering (BS)

MS or PhD in related field

Tools

SAP

MES

AutoCAD

FlexSim

Job description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems seeks a Principal/Sr Principal Industrial Engineer to support the Systems Test Team in Vandenberg, CA. You will drive schedules, analyze capacity, and optimize manufacturing layouts to enable on-time deliveries while maintaining cost controls.

The role requires DoD Secret clearance, strong analysis skills, and collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain.