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’s Space Sector is seeking a Staff Process Engineer – Level 5 to join our team in Clearfield, UT / Salt Lake City, UT.
This role partners closely with design engineering, production, and cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing issues, optimize safety, quality, cost, and efficiency, and implement corrective actions to improve process performance. The successful candidate will analyze production data, support the implementation of tooling and equipment, maintain manufacturing documentation, and present technical solutions to leadership, customers, and engineering review boards.
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Developing and improving manufacturing processes
- Develop and maintain detailed work instructions for assigned products/processes
- Coordinates with Design Engineering on design and manufacturability issues
- Coordinates with production on day-to-day activities. Assists in the resolution of processing issues
- Evaluate and aid in the disposition of discrepant hardware
- Troubleshoots existing processes to improve safety, quality, cost, and efficiency
- Analyze processing data to highlight trends and implement corrective actions
- Maintains manufacturing bill of materials (MBOM)
- Performing cause and corrective action activities to eliminate defects permanently
- Working with the concurrent engineering team to create Build-to-Packages (i.e. engineering and planning documents)
- Preparing and presenting technical presentations to VSET, leadership, and customers for review and approval
- Performing table-top reviews
- Using SPC tools to ensure process control
- Troubleshooting production/tooling/facility issues and implementing improvements and solutions
- Supporting design, checkout, qualification, and implementation of new or modified tooling or equipment
- Other duties as assigned
Basic Qualifications:
- 12 Years with Bachelors in Science; 10 Years with Masters; 8 Years with PhD.
- Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- Good organizational skills and ability to work with minimal direction
- Excellent computer skills. Skilled in working with Microsoft Office applications and business database systems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to build strong, working relationships with operations personnel
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in working with aerospace specifications and drawings, both hard copy and model based
- Experience in working with composite materials
- Experience with insulation / rubber processes
- Experience with composite winding processes
- Experience with CNC Machining
- Experience using AI tools in an Engineering environment
Primary Level Salary Range: $172,000.00 - $211,000.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, 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. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.
The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.
Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.