Sentinel - Staff Material Process Engineer - 17371 & 17372

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance may be available

Job summary

Northrop Grumman SDS in Roy, UT is seeking an experienced Material Process Engineer to lead the design parts management within a systems engineering framework.

You will review complex assemblies across contractors and suppliers, ensure material and process traceability, and coordinate with teams to deliver reliable weapon system components; on-site work with travel up to 15%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline.
• 12+ years of relevant experience.
• U.S. citizen with ability to obtain Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Perform full spectrum of design application parts management across system and sub-systems to ensure streamlined risk identification, risk mitigation, and tracking of at-risk component issues during design and manufacturing of weapon systems and equipment.
• Review and approve multilayered systems of systems designed and fabricated via multiple contractors and suppliers nationwide.
• Create roadmaps, impact reports, and present data to stakeholders, customers, and upper management.
• Research specifications and standards to support part, material and process engineering across multiple internal and external supplier designs.
• Maintain close coordination with several integrated product teams and provide detailed status to program leadership.

Skills

Communication

Project management

Systems engineering

Team collaboration

Documentation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline

Tools

Siemens NX

Capital

Expedition

Teamcenter

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time 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 Strategic Deterrent Systems (SDS) located in Roy, UT is seeking an experienced Material Process Engineer to join our team of highly qualified and diverse individuals.

What You Will Get To Do

• Responsible to perform full spectrum of design application parts management tasks on assigned system and sub-systems to ensure streamlined risk identification, risk mitigation, and tracking of at-risk component issues during the design and manufacturing of weapon systems and equipment under an overarching Systems Engineering framework.
• Ability to review and approve multilayered systems of systems being designed and fabricated via several layers of contractors and suppliers distributed across the country.
• Demonstrates a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts relative to part/material manufacturing and FMEA.
• Demonstrates general knowledge of Systems Engineering, multi-generational program system and/or multi-generational program subsystem development, and familiarity with supplier management.
• Works independently to provide innovative technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using literature review and testing as appropriate.
• Create, analyze, and produce roadmaps, impact, and issue reports and present data to stakeholders, customers, and upper management.
• Research specifications and standards to support part, material & process engineering processes being implemented across multiple internal and external supplier sub-system designs and manufacturing processes.
• Maintain close coordination with several integrated product teams and provide detailed status to program leadership, as required.
• Self-motivated, work under general direction, and work well in teams.
• Collaborates with systems engineers, design engineers, project managers, reliability engineers, and external customers to establish clear part, material and manufacturing process design documentation traceability to system performance

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
• U.S. citizen
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
• Strong written and oral communication for test plans and stakeholder briefings
• Basic project-management skills (schedule, risk, resource coordination)
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, ASME Y14.24 drawings, and 3D models
• Knowledge of material properties, process controls, failure modes, material traceability, and serialized-part control
• Ability to read, apply, and generate reports per DoD/aerospace standards such as MIL-STD-11991
• Experience in related fields (DOE, automotive, medical-device manufacturing, quality assurance) acceptable
• Experience with MIL-STD or industry machining, welding, soldering, electronic assembly, cable-harness fabrication, coating/surface-treatment systems, and cross-disciplinary quality & documentation
• Willingness to work on-site in manufacturing facilities, including clean-room or hazardous environments
• Availability for up to 15% domestic/international travel for supplier visits, audits, and technical briefings

Preferred Qualifications

• Siemens NX, Capital, Expedition and Teamcenter experience
• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Engineering.
• Experience reviewing & approving materials and processes
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
• Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
• Strong sense of urge