Job Description

Description

Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you 39;ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on Earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.

The Tactical Space Systems Division organization has an opening for a Production Engineer in Dulles, VA to support the Ammolite program. The majority of the program rsquo;s statement of work is to plan and execute assembly, integration, and test (AI amp;T) activities for many complex Space Vehicle rsquo;s (SV) at the Dulles, VA satellite manufacturing facility (SMF). Due to the high SV yield, the program will implement a production focused flow, to optimize schedule, cost, and run in a smooth logistical flow to meet customer requirements. The program contract runs in a firmed fixed price format, therefore gathering lessons learned and efficiencies from the first SV build to implement on later SV rsquo;s is key.

A successful candidate for this position will work use prior fixed-price production experience in the aerospace field to provide key technical direction, planning, and execution to the Ammolite program in Dulles VA, in the NSS business area within the Space Systems Division at NG Space. This Production Engineer role is responsible for understanding the baselined SV AI amp;T plan, and introduce novel methods to run the production flow, as well as constant assessment of running the production single line flow over the life of the program.

The responsibilities includes both individual-contributor and leadership roles, within a multi-disciplined engineering team. Successful candidate may also be called to support other activities within the program: systems analysis and trades, coordinating space segment engineering activities, engineering baseline management, interface management, requirements/V amp;V management, integration amp; test campaign and design integration support, subcontractor technical oversight, preparing/presenting SE material at all major reviews and PMRs and interfacing with the customer and SETAs on all space segment technical issues. The candidate is expected to be self-directed and a self-starter, using previous experience to lead design, analysis and execution efforts. Candidates must be able to recognize and mitigate space segment technical issues and risks while operating within budget, on schedule, and operating in a firm fixed price program. Candidate will be placed on an extremely fast paced program, work with multiple mission partners, and will be expected to lead a team to solve problems even with a changing baseline.

Responsibilities:

* Introduce novel methods to run the production flow, as well as constant assessment of running the production single line flow over the life of the program.
* Gathering lessons learned and efficiencies from the first SV build to implement on later SV rsquo;s
* Utilize fundamental systems engineering, electrical or mechanical principles to drive production and design innovations and changes that result in superior products
* Understanding firmed fixed price contract constructs and its implications
* Mechanical Manufacturing Processes; Developing work center efficiencies mapping to in include troubleshooting manufacturing production lines and identify root cause analysis manufacturing issues.
* Develops manufacturing engineering processes, manufacturing processes shall enable the manufacturing of current and future products that meet technical specifications, high quality standards, and relevant agency compliance requirements
* Define, implement and monitor process metrics associated with manufacturing work cell functionality.
* Identify and propose manufacturing improvement projects in collaboration with team members such as manufacturing process improvement, yield management, production rate improvement and work cell enhancements and procurement
* Ensure Manufacturing has the needed resources (resources Manufacturing needs as well as allocation of resources from Manufacturing) to execute the programs
* Managing and maintaining the day to day interfaces and communications between the assigned Program Management Office (PMO), Manufacturing, Test, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), Mission Assurance (MA), Supply Chain (SCM), Engineering, and Shipping.
* Troubleshoot and develop solutions to complex problems that the program may encounter.
* Identify systems and process goals to ensure that work cells and equipment meet operational performance and usage requirements. This would include identifying preventive maintenance activities to be included in the Manufacturing Preventive Maintenance Program
* Facilitating internal meetings in a way to support design, production, and problem resolutions.
* Engage and collaborate with programs and functional organizations (from individual contributors to executive staff) to obtain, understand, and interpret manufacturing facilitation and scheduling requirements

The candidate will work with cross-discipline team members and must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, presentation experience and the ability to work with a diverse community of engineers and managers to achieve the goals of the program team.

At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We rsquo;re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we rsquo;ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought-leader. At Northrop Grumman, you rsquo;ll have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

* Medical, Dental amp; Vision coverage
* 401k
* Educational Assistance
* Life Insurance
* Employee Assistance Programs amp; Work/Life Solutions
* Paid Time Off
* Health amp; Wellness Resources
* Employee Discounts

This position rsquo;s standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

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Qualification

Basic Qualifications:

* A Bachelor 39;s degree or higher in a STEM area (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) and 10 years of relevant work experience or 8 years of relevant work experience with a Master 39;s degree
* Must have U.S. Citizenship with a current or active Top Secret/SCI level clearance.
* The candidate must have experience in leadership and project management
* Experience working in Manufacturing, Engineering, Test, Production, Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
* Demonstrated experience in running a space vehicle production program (including scenarios where multiple SV AI amp;T activities are being performed in parallel)
* Demonstrated experience of baselining an SV AI amp;T process
* Demonstrated experience working with external and internal mission partners
* Demonstrated experience working with government customers
* Experience working in a Firmed-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract program
* Candidate must have demonstrated ability in working with cross organizational teams and customers
* Experience with SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Project, and Power Point

Preferred Qualifications

* Bachelor rsquo;s or Master rsquo;s Degree in Business Management, Manufacturing, Industrial or Quality Engineering
* Demonstrated expertise in the following systems and concepts:
* MRP and IMS Scheduling
* Windchill, TipQA, Cognos
* Earned Value Management
* Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing and Manufacturing
* Excellent presentation and communication skills
* Program execution experience
* Working knowledge of Cost Point and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems