Sr. Principal Process Engineer

About the role

This position reports to the LCA engineering manager and is responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering oversight and support on LCA production programs.

Responsibilities

• Development and oversight of production processes for production at Plymouth, other Northrop Grumman locations and subcontractors, focusing on 120mm and 105mm cartridges and ammunition propulsion systems.
• Provide manufacturing engineering project management and leadership.
• Support and/or lead failure investigations, root cause determination, and corrective action implementation.
• Communicating issues and status frequently and effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Engineering oversight and interpretation of acceptance and qualification testing results of ammunition materials and components.
• Contribute to completion of specific program and project milestones.
• Represent Northrop Grumman to our customers and suppliers.
• Travel (approximately 25%) domestically to customers and suppliers representing Northrop Grumman’s program and business interests.
• Conceptualize and implement continuous improvement projects internally and with suppliers.
• Implement and manage strong manufacturing engineering principles to ensure robust production process and high product quality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of experience, a Master’s degree plus 6 years of experience, or a PhD plus 4 years of experience in Engineering.
• Engineering experience supporting a production line environment.
• Experience working with customer engineering, vendors, and subcontractors.
• Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross disciplines within a team.
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Ability to travel.
• To obtain and maintain a security clearance.
• To be a U.S. Citizen.

Qualifications

• M.S. Engineering degree from an accredited university preferred.
• Experience with leading teams.
• Supporting failure analysis within an 8D framework.
• Experience with energetics and ballistic testing.
• Experience with managing cost and schedule.
• Experience working in the defense industry and/or with U.S. Government contracts.
• Experience writing statements of work and estimating project scope.