Associate Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

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 Business Unit, Armament Systems, is currently seeking an Associate Engineer Manufacturing to provide manufacturing and process engineering technical expertise for our guided projectile production programs in our Plymouth, MN offices.

Armament Systems specializes in the development and production of Ammunition, Guns and Precision Guidance Ordinance.

Position Summary: This position reports to the Engineering Manager, Production Engineering and is focused on development, maintenance and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes, systems test equipment and automation equipment which support the manufacturing and testing of PGK electro-mechanical fuze assemblies. This career opportunity is a great fit for self-motivated, proactive individuals. Our engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves hands-on technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations.

The candidate will also apply strong engineering fundamentals, demonstrate clear communication with those they interact with, and must be able to support up to 20% domestic travel for the duration of the program. If you thrive on attention to detail and want different challenges each day, this is the place for you.

Role Responsibilities:

• Develop manufacturing processes and documentation that ensures hardware and test articles meet engineering and configuration requirements.
• Coordinate builds of electro-mechanical assemblies to support programs that are in engineering and manufacturing development as well as production.
• Contribute to completion of specific program and project milestones.
• Interface with design engineering to create products that are optimized for assembly.
• Partner with STE (Systems Test Engineering) team and product design engineering to develop product test requirements and STE test equipment specifications which provide for robust testing and validation of product functionality within a production environment.
• Develop required preventative maintenance specifications, process documentation and schedules for production level STE and automation equipment.
• Perform all maintenance, repairs, troubleshooting and hardware / software upgrades for STE & automation equipment.
• Utilize LabVIEW or similar systems to develop or update automation and STE software as needed.
• Maintain a level of training and skillsets regarding the latest in production automation & testing technologies.
• Submit proposals for capital equipment purchases which improve yields, save costs and allow for capacity expansion.
• Disposition discrepant hardware. Support and/or lead failure investigations, root cause determination, and corrective action implementation.
• Communicates manufacturing plans and processes to internal and external customers through Manufacturing Readiness reviews.
• Conceptualize and implement continuous improvement projects internally and with suppliers.
• Communicate project status and issues to internal management.
• Communicates product requirements and collaborates with key suppliers to manage delivery of high-quality components and assemblies to be utilized in assembly of final product.
• Implement and manage strong manufacturing engineering principles to ensure robust manufacturing process…