Industrial Engineer/ Principal Industrial Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Industrial Engineer (Level 2) or a Principal Industrial Engineer (Level 3) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Palmdale, CA.

The Industrial Engineering Team is an integral part of day-to-day operations and routinely works alongside many of the other organizations here in Palmdale. This is a team that comes together to learn, collaborate, and overcome challenges in a fast-paced environment. We are looking for applicants that enjoy working with and learning from their peers and are not afraid to jump in and make a difference!

This position may be hired at a higher level

Responsibilities will include:

• Analyzes lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times, and throughput to meet customer demand most effectively and efficiently

• Builds scalable and sustainable models to optimize product flow, while incorporating cost, schedule, and resource constraints

• Understands, maps and optimizes critical path product flow through the factory

• Develops optimized scheduling tools and aligns SAP/MRP systems with an executable plan given various capacity constraints

• Incorporates complex interdependencies within a system to account for the interaction of multiple cost centers, programs, equipment, and tools

• Assist with digital transformation efforts to align with sector and enterprise strategies

• Leads and drives positive change using iterative and agile methodologies

• Creates new metrics and data visualizations to monitor shop floor performance

Basic Qualifications for Industrial Engineer (Level 2): 

• Bachelor's degree with 1 year of technical and/or engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a Master’s degree with 0 years of experience

• Experience with data mining, data analysis, or data visualization software applications

• Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance and must have the ability to obtain and maintain special program access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• Ability to travel at least 10%

Basic Qualifications for Principal Industrial Engineer (Level 3): 

• Bachelor's degree with 4 years of technical and/or engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a Master's degree with 3 years of technical and/or engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a PhD degree with 0 years of experience

• Experience with data mining, data analysis, or data visualization software applications

• Must have an active DoD Secret Security Clearance and must have the ability to obtain and maintain special program access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• Ability to travel at least 10%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's of Science STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an aircraft or other manufacturing environment

• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Formulas: VLOOKUP, INDEXMATCH, IF statements, pivot tables, pivot charts etc.)

• High proficiency in Microsoft Project (scheduling, resource loading, capacity, optimization)

• At least 2 years of demonstrated experience leading project teams

• Experience with improving manufacturing workflow using optimization, modeling, or simulation methods

• Experience with agile methods of project management or development

• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) "Gold Card" experience/training

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