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Principal/Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2 or 3)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Arizona-Chandler
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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’ Space Systems is seeking a Principal / Manufacturing Engineer - Level 2 or Level 3 to join our Launch Systems Manufacturing Integration Team in Chandler, AZ. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work. Relocation assistance is not available. Your Role and Impact: o Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling. o Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout. o Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance. o Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions. o May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plans. o Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, investigate and initiate corrective actions for problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality. o Develop manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques. o Provide guidance to engineering regarding Design For Manufacturing (DFM) concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques. o Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations. This can be filled as either a Level 2 or Level 3. Required Qualifications for Level 2: • Bachelor’s degree with 3 years of related experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of related experience • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance • Experienced in creating, supporting & sustaining the use of Manufacturing Engineering System (MES) work instructions • Proficient in DFM • Experience with manufacturing processes, procedures work cell layout, production build sequence, tooling design, troubleshooting/corrective action, and quality assurance. • Experience adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions • Familiarity working with CAD, NX, Costpoint and Teamcenter Required Qualifications for Level 3: • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of related experience • Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret clearance • Experienced in creating, supporting & sustaining the use of Manufacturing Engineering System (MES) work instructions • Proficient in DFM • Experience with manufacturing processes, procedures work cell layout, production build sequence, tooling design, troubleshooting/corrective action, and quality assurance. • Experience adapting machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions • Fa