Principal Manufacturing Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Plymouth (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Requisition ID: R10167610

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Plymouth, Minnesota, United States of America

• Clearance Type: Secret

• Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 50% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.

Northrop Grumman is currently seeking an experienced Principal Manufacturing Engineer to provide manufacturing and process engineering technical expertise and project management for our large caliber ammunition (LCA) co-production programs in our Plymouth, MN offices. This position is focused on providing technical leadership in the manufacturing of large caliber cartridges and ammunition propulsion systems.

Position Description

• This position reports to the LCA engineering manager and is responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering oversight and support on LCA co-production programs.

• Development and oversight of production processes for production at Plymouth, other Northrop Grumman locations and subcontractors.

• Provide manufacturing engineering project management and leadership.

• Support and/or lead failure investigations and corrective action implementation.

• Communicating issues and status frequently and effectively both verbally and in writing.

• Engineering oversight and interpretation of acceptance and qualification testing results of ammunition materials and components.

• Contribute to completion of specific program and project milestones.

• Represent Northrop Grumman to our customers and suppliers.

• Travel (approximately 40%) domestic and international to customers and suppliers representing Northrop Grumman’s program and business interests.

• Conceptualize and implement continuous improvement projects internally and with suppliers.

• Implement and manage strong manufacturing engineering principles to ensure robust production process and high product quality.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of experience, a Master’s degree plus 3 years of experience, or a PhD plus 0 years of experience.

• Engineering experience in both product development and supporting a production environment.

• Experience working with customer engineering, vendors and subcontractors.

• Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross disciplines within a team.

• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization.

• Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

• Ability to travel domestic and international up to 40% of the time.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

• Must be U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. Engineering degree from an accredited university.

• Experience with leading teams is highly desirable.

• Experience with energetics and ballistic testing is highly desirable.

• Experience with managing cost and schedule.

• Prior experience in project management.

• Prior experience working in the defense industry and/or with U.S. Government contracts.

• Experience writing statements of work and estimating project scope.

Salary Range: $93,000 - $139,600

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.