Northrop Grumman Australia · 10 hours ago
2026 Associate Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer- Night Shift
United States-Mississippi-Iuka
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$57K/yr - $85K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer for their night shift operations. The role involves designing and developing manufacturing processes, troubleshooting production issues, and ensuring compliance with regulations to support the production of composite aircraft parts and assemblies.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality
Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques
Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations
Provide critical support in a production environment to help develop and maintain manufacturing processes, and procedures for composite aircraft parts and assemblies
Work closely with manufacturing personnel to tackle production issues in hand layup, automated fiber placement, autoclave cure, paint and assembly processes
Maintain and distribute daily shift issue logs, documenting both resolved and pending production issues for enhanced communication and transfers of information between shifts
Author, modify, and audit shop floor procedures and electronic work instructions (EWIs)
Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities to permanently eliminate defects
Troubleshoot production/equipment/program/tooling issues and implement robust improvements and solutions
Work with the quality engineering team to interpret drawings and specifications to process discrepant hardware
Qualification
Required
Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start
Be completing or has completed their Master's degree from an accredited institution or is completing their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 2 years of engineering experience
Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start
Preferred
Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
Knowledge of composite part manufacturing
Experience drafting, maintaining, and modifying work instructions and/or process specifications
Experience in a Manufacturing environment
Experience in computer-aided design software (NX preferred)
Familiarity of GD&T
Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase