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Northrop Grumman · 12 hours ago

Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Manufacturing - R10218692

Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$89K/yr - $134K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security, and they are seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Engineer Manufacturing to support manufacturing operations for precision inertial measurement and navigation systems. The role involves troubleshooting manufacturing issues, creating process flow diagrams, and leading investigations of production issues to ensure manufacturability and improve manufacturing processes.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Interact frequently with production operators to understand and troubleshoot manufacturing issues and receive inputs on potential process improvements

Create process flow diagrams and define the sequence of operations for build instructions

Lead investigations of production issues to determine root causes and coordinate cross-functional team actions to address material deficiencies, equipment malfunctions, and assembly process errors

Perform critical evaluations of new systems designs and influence design and materials engineering decisions to ensure manufacturability

Represent manufacturing and provide technical inputs for supplier capability assessments

Develop and improve manufacturing processes while considering cost/benefit analysis

Utilize statistical process control and data driven methods to guide process, yield, and cost improvements

Qualification

Manufacturing processesTroubleshooting production issuesEngineering drawingsMicrosoft OfficeSAPLean/6-sigmaElectro-optical assemblyComputer aided designProject management

Required

A Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related STEM field and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience; OR a Master's degree in engineering or a related STEM field with 3 or more years of relevant work experience

Experience working in an engineering environment supporting manufacturing processes

Experience performing troubleshooting of production issues related to process, equipment, or materials

Experience reading and understanding engineering drawings, specifications, and parts lists

Experience using Microsoft Office Products (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS-Project)

The ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance