Principal/ Sr Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 109,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer for the Advanced Micro-Electronics Cell (AMEC) near the BWI Airport in Maryland. The role focuses on leading manufacturing engineering activities, ensuring product performance, quality, delivery, and cost targets while collaborating across shop floor teams and program offices.

The position requires a BS in Engineering or related STEM field with 5+ years (or MS with 3+) of relevant experience, DOE/SPC/6 Sigma

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM area (minimum).
• Experience in a manufacturing environment and leading projects/people.
• DOE, SPC, and 6 sigma concepts for process development.
• GD&T knowledge.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for manufacturing engineering activities for your product within the cell.
• Monitor product performance, quality, delivery, and cost metrics.
• Collaborate with process engineers and cross-functional groups (shop floor, program office, quality, production, design, program management).
• Drive root cause corrective action and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Create solutions, lobby for funding, and communicate status from shop floor through yield meetings and reports.
• Coordinate between non-deliverable hardware requestors and manufacturing operations/engineering.

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Project leadership

DOE

SPC

Six Sigma

GD&T

MS Office

US Citizenship

US Security Clearance

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM area

Master of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM area

Job 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's Manufacturing Operations Engineering organization is seeking a Principal/Senior Principal Manufacturing Project Engineer 3/4 for the Advanced Micro-Electronics Cell (AMEC). This position is located at our site near BWI Airport in Maryland.

Relocation Assistance

No relocation assistance available

Clearance Required for Start

No

Clearance Type

Secret

Travel

Yes, 10% of the Time

Responsibilities

• act as the main point of contact for all manufacturing engineering related activities for your product within the cell monitor product performance, quality, delivery, and cost metrics
• highlight detractors and gather resources to resolve them
• collaborate closely with your process engineering peers as well as multiple other functional groups supporting shop floor, program office, and customer (quality engineering, manufacturing supervision, production, operations, design engineering, program management)
• drive root cause corrective action efforts identify continuous improvement opportunities
• create solutions and lobby for funding review and handle product on the shop floor lead communications outward from the shop floor, through yield meetings, situations reports, problem resolution charts, etc.
• gather and document efforts for non-recurring cost for initial product startup as well as support manufacturing readiness reviews
• coordinate between non-deliverable hardware requestor and manufacturing operations/engineering

Basic Qualifications - Level 3

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM area and a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience or a minimum of 3 years with a MS degree.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing or leading projects and/or people.
• Experience with Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and 6 sigma concepts for process development.
• Experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Fluency in MS Office software applications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
• US Citizenship is required.

Basic Qualifications - Level 4

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or related STEM area and a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience or a minimum of 6 years with a MS degree.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience managing or leading projects and/or people.
• Experience with Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and 6 sigma concepts for process development.
• Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Fluency in MS Office software applications.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Secret Security Clearance.
• US Citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Chip and Wire manufacturing experience.
• Experience with J-STD and MIL-STD requirements, including MIL-STD-883 & MIL-PRF-38534, J-STD-001, IPC-610.
• Experience with Configuration Management and Manufacturing Process Planning.

Salary Range

• Primary Level Salary Range: $108,800.00 - $163,200.00
• Secondary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

Benefits

• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

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