Manufacturing Engineer - 2nd Shift

About the role

At Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS), we look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work. The selected candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Manufacturing Engineering Team working in a collaborative environment while promoting a positive and proactive teamwork environment in Palmdale, CA.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Engineering regarding design concepts to ensure the best manufacturing technique is being used to meet the Engineering design
• Participate in tool design reviews to ensure tools are feasible and reduce build times and program costs during assembly
• Define sequence of operations for product builds, investigate and initiate corrective actions and improvements that involve non-conforming product
• Identify improvement opportunities in areas that require producibility and affordability initiatives
• Provide liaison support for Engineering definition to influence low production costs for integrated assembly related to electrical, hydraulics, fuels, fluids and propulsion systems

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 1 year of experience OR Master’s degree with 0 years of experience
• Experience must be in manufacturing engineering OR production assembly/fabrication including composites, metallic, coatings application in a production manufacturing operation
• Experience with Microsoft Office Suite and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Active in-scope U.S Government Secret security clearance that has been granted / renewed within the past 5 years
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access within a reasonable time as determined by business need
• Ability to interface/communicate with multiple levels of leadership, clients, and vendors
• Experience reviewing and interpreting Blueprints and 3-D models
• Ability to work 2nd shift time of 3:00pm - 1:30am and/or any work schedule (times may vary)

Physical Demands

• Frequently traverse unit/product and operate in manufacturing/production environment to include tooling, stands, ladders, steps etc. while wearing appropriate PPE, occasionally enter confined space
• Ability to work for extended periods of time at a workstation on a computer or similar device for up to 10 hours / duration of shift
• Occasional extended periods of standing, bending, kneeling
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment is required (including but not limited to, steel toed shoes, gloves, safety glasses, hearing protection, protective jacket or apron and arm guards)
• All associates working on the production floor may be required to wear a respirator at any given time and thus, the ability to wear a respirator is a condition of employment and continued employment (requires little or no facial hair)
• Must be able to access and navigate all areas in the facility and access all machinery
• Ability to lift 15 pounds at times

Preferred Qualifications

• STEM Degree (Science, Technical, Engineering or Mathematical)
• Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)
• Experience working hands-on in a production/manufacturing assembly line environment
• Composite experience and process knowledge
• Experience providing innovative techniques focused on improving product designs and tooling assemblies or equipment
• Active U.S Government Top Secret clearance
• Current Special Program Access

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Annual bonuses designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results

Schedule

Ability to work 2nd shift time of 3:00pm - 1:30am and/or any work schedule (times may vary). Travel required up to 10% of the time.