Senior Principal Mechanical Engineer – Manufacturing & Systems

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our Armament Systems unit, supporting manufacturing operations at our Independence, MO facility. The role provides multifunctional engineering guidance for current products, transition-to-production, and testing of medium caliber ammunition.

The engineer will work within an integrated product team, coordinating with internal groups, and ensuring compliance with contract and technical requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline + 8 years of experience in a design and manufacturing environment; OR
• Master's degree in an Engineering discipline + 6 years of experience in a design and manufacturing environment relevant to the duties listed above.
• Ability to guide successful completion of significant projects and provide leadership, work direction, mentoring, and coordination of other technical team members.
• Significant experience working and communicating with customers, program management, and engineering management
• Technical understanding of mechanical systems, electromechanical systems, manufacturing processes, metal coatings, heat treatments, metal fabrication, and/or standard ass

Responsibilities

• Act as the technical interface to internal and external customers and form working relationships with representatives of these organizations
• Support the Program Manager as a control account manager to ensure accurate schedule and cost tracking
• Provide work direction and engineering support to our manufacturing and test locations with responsibilities to: Assist in the resolution of complex manufacturing line process issues such as machining, metal finishing, painting, heat treating, mechanical assembly, and test
• Research and evaluate commercially available tools and equipment to support manufacturing improvement activities
• Develop new, and improve existing manufacturing processes
• Develop task releases and introduce into the manufacturing system
• Develop test plans and support in execution
• Prepare for and support various engineering reviews including Build Readiness Reviews, Production Readiness Reviews, and Test Readiness Reviews
• Coordinate manufacturing efforts between internal functional disciplines including Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Manufacturing, and Test.
• As the engineer responsible for the product Technical Data Package, support the creation and release of Engineering Changes, disposition of tooling and gauge changes from internal and external sources, disposition of non-conforming products from internal and external sources, and approval of proposed process changes from internal and external sources
• Ownership of the creation, review, and maintenance of all necessary documentation required for new and existing manufacturing programs. Manufacturing work instructions
• Manufacturing bills of material and build lists
• TDP reviews for correctness and completeness
• Ensure appropriate documentation is in Configuration Management system
• Assist in the preparation of engineering and program proposals
• Assist in the preparation of and participate in customer meetings and program reviews
• Domestic travel up to about 25%. Ability to travel internationally.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Customer communication

Manufacturing processes

Root cause analysis

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to join our Armament Systems unit, supporting manufacturing operations at our Independence, MO facility. The role provides multifunctional engineering guidance for current products, transition-to-production, and testing of medium caliber ammunition.

The engineer will work within an integrated product team, coordinating with internal groups, and ensuring compliance with contract and technical requirements.