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Manufacturing Engineer - Level 6
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Commerce
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: None 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 Mission Enabling Products (MEP) Business Unit designs, manufactures and operates small and medium-class spacecraft for communications, imaging, scientific, exploration and national security space applications. MEP is the leading supplier of space components that power and enable satellites of all classes, provides technical engineering services to government agencies and laboratories, and is developing exciting new satellite servicing and advanced space flight technologies. Our Propulsion team in Commerce, CA is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer Level 6 to join our team. The Propulsion team within the Mission Enabling Products Business Unit is the leading supplier of pressure vessels and tank hardware to the aerospace industry. You will work on assigned programs on non-recurring work as well as provide technical support on the shop floor. The Manufacturing Engineer Level 6 will serve as the Additive Manufacturing Technical Lead for an Internal Research and Development (IRAD) program. This program focuses on developing an additively manufactured tank and a scalable product line. As a senior individual contributor, you will be responsible for owning and managing the manufacturing technical baseline , which includes additive process development, design-for-manufacturing analysis, CAD/CAM strategy, production tooling, manufacturing inspection, process qualification, capability assessment, repeatability, and manufacturing readiness. You will act as a technical authority, leading through expertise rather than direct reports. Critical collaboration with the Product Design and Development Technical Lead , who owns the product technical baseline, is essential for program success. Key Responsibilities • Manufacturing Baseline Ownership: Develop and oversee the integrated strategy for additive manufacturing processes, downstream machining, tooling, inspection, process qualification, and readiness. • Process Requirements Development: Translate product requirements into manufacturing processes, controls, capabilities, and readiness evidence. • Additive Process Definition: Define additive build orientation, support structures, process limits, distortion controls, post-processing steps, and downstream machining standards. • Design Review Participation: Lead design-for-manufacturing (DFM) and design-for-assembly (DFA) assessments, offering actionable recommendations. (Final implementation of recommendations is owned by the Product Design Lead.) • GD&T Analysis and Approval: Assess geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) for manufacturability and inspectability. Provide documented concurrence before the release of engineering definitions. • CAD/CAM Ownership: Develop and optimize CAD/CAM strategies, including multi-axis machining, stock optimization, feeds/speeds, setup reduction,