Sr. Principal Manufacturing Engineer 4

Northrop Grumman; Ridgecrest (CA); On-site; USD 129,300 - 193,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a skilled manufacturing engineer in Ridgecrest, California. The role involves leading the development and improvement of manufacturing processes and documentation to ensure compliance and operational readiness.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience with manufacturing resource planning, IPC standards, and cross-functional collaboration. The salary range for this position is $129,300 to $193,900, with additional benefits including health insurance and bonuses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience, or Master's and 6 years' experience, or 12 years experience required in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge of IPC Standards.
• Experience using Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) Software for routing of manufacturing orders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of manufacturing process documentation for compliance and operational efficiency.
• Drive manufacturing documentation strategy across production and sustainment operations.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Quality, Test, and Production teams for documentation support.

Skills

Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) Software

IPC Standards Knowledge

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience or Master's and 6 years

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Interim Secret

TRAVEL: No

Responsibilities

Process Development

• Lead the development, review, standardization, and continuous improvement of manufacturing process documentation, MES instructions to ensure compliance, configuration control, production readiness, and operational efficiency.
• Drive manufacturing documentation strategy and governance across production and sustainment operations, ensuring processes are aligned with engineering requirements, quality standards, and program execution objectives.
• Support rapid implementation of engineering changes, corrective actions and process improvement while maintaining configuration accuracy and manufacturing compliance.
• Coordinate cross‑functionally with Engineering, Quality, Test, and Production and Program Management team to ensure manufacturing documentation supports efficient execution, troubleshooting, and schedule recovery activities.
• Lead manufacturing process improvement and operations execution strategies to support quality, efficiency, affordability, and production readiness.

Factory Support

• Lead manufacturing execution and operational improvement initiatives supporting production yield, process stability, affordability, and schedule performance.
• Provide technical leadership and manufacturing execution support to production operations and cross‑functional teams.
• Lead continuous improvement, corrective action, and risk mitigation activities to improve manufacturing efficiency, quality and operational performance.
• Mentor and support manufacturing personnel through process guidance, operational support and manufacturing best practices.
• Coordinate with internal external stakeholder to support manufacturing readiness and operation execution.
• Support high visibility production builds and troubleshoot efforts and schedule recovery initiatives in fast-paced operational environments.
• Support RCCA, non‑conformance resolution implementation in coordination with quality and engineering teams.
• Provide technical mentorship and leadership to junior manufacturing engineer and cross‑functional personnel.

Design Support

• Provide manufacturing expertise and producibility guidance to support design maturity, producibility, and production readiness.
• Develop and communicate manufacturing capabilities, process constraints, and producibility requirements to cross‑functional engineering team.
• Lead and support cross‑functional producibility review for new and existing productions to ensure manufacturing readiness and operational success.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree + 8 years of relevant experience. Or Master's and 6 years' experience. 12 years of experience are required in lieu of a degree.
• Knowledge of IPC Standards.
• Experience using Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) Software for routings of manufacturing orders.
• Experience with Material Review Board (MRB) activity such as collaborating with cross functional team in order to process hardware.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with electro‑mechanical assemblies.
• Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance.

Salary Range

Primary Level Salary Range: $129,300.00 - $193,900.00

Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses reward individual contributions. Employees in senior positions may be eligible for long‑term incentives. Northrop Grumman provides health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company‑paid holidays, and paid time off.

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.