Principal Engineer Manufacturing

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

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.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer based out of Apopka, FL.

As a Principal Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter.  Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly, and continuously adapt to innovation.  The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

This position may be filled as a Principal Manufacturing Engineer based on the qualifications below.

Core Responsibilities:

• Accountable for technical ownership of process, optimization, and disposition including top-level and subassemblies.
• Accountable for the creation and maintenance of manufacturing Work Orders and Routers, and disposition of non-conforming parts and assemblies via site Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Support of manufacturing capacity planning optimization for responsible production lines.
• Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives.
• Support of Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and rework metrics for responsible production lines.
• Support of manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE’s) for potential contracts.
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
• Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
• Commitment to ethics and compliance
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• Ability for infrequent travel (<10%).
• The ability help make decisions regarding process improvement?
• Accountable for the creation and release of:
  • Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM)
  • Manufacturing Changes (MC)
  • Work Instructions/Manufacturing Process Plans (MPP)
  • Standard Manufacturing Process (SMP) documents
    via Siemens Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.
• General knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Passion for achieving manufacturing and operational results.
• Action-oriented with the ability to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or production manufacturing operation; OR
  master’s degree with 3 years of experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or manufacturing operations.
  Note: An additional 4 years of exempt/professional-level experience in engineering, production assembly/fabrication, or production manufacturing operation experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience in collecting and analyzing production data to identify trends
• U.S. citizenship
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace or defense product experience: Electro-Optical Infrared (EOIR) Systems, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (LASER), Optics and Imaging.
• Complete understanding and wide application of technical prin