Senior Manufacturing Process Engineer – Advanced Ceramics

Northrop Grumman; Middle River (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays

PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer for the Advanced Ceramics Facility (ACF) manufacturing cell in Maryland. This role focuses on developing and delivering ceramic substrate processes for next-generation RF hardware, supporting multiple processes with emphasis on quality and cost reduction.

Responsibilities include solving manufacturing problems, creating robust process parameters, maintaining documentation, and leading root-cause investigations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or related STEM area; 5+ years of experience (or 3+ with MS; 1 year with PhD).
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing and DOE/SPC/6-sigma concepts.
• Fluency in MS Office and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Solve manufacturing problems related to materials, designs, equipment, and people to support production.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing processes focusing on affordability, sustainability and quality.
• Develop and optimize process parameters and document work instructions.
• Create, validate, and maintain automatic equipment programs.
• Monitor yields, cost, and process stability/capability; implement improvement plans.
• Lead root cause and corrective action investigations and drive closure.
• Support capital equipment projects from procurement to production release.
• Assist training of new personnel and participate in operator training materials.

Skills

Verbal/written communication

Team collaboration

Problem solving

DOE

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related STEM

Tools

AutoCAD/NX

MATLAB

Minitab

SAP MRP

MS Office

Teamcenter Manufacturing

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Process Engineer for the Advanced Ceramics Facility (ACF) manufacturing cell in Maryland. This role focuses on developing and delivering ceramic substrate processes for next-generation RF hardware, supporting multiple processes with emphasis on quality and cost reduction.

Responsibilities include solving manufacturing problems, creating robust process parameters, maintaining documentation, and leading root-cause investigations.