Principal/ Wire Harness Manufacturing Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

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.

An organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Mission Enabling Products (MEP) is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years. Learn more about Mission Enabling at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/.

Our Deployables Operating Unit is hiring for a Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2 or 3). The selected candidate will support our Mission Enabling Products division. This position will be located in Oxnard, CA.

Core Responsibilities:

• Develops manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assembly of spacecraft deployable mechanisms and their associated harnessing.

• Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.

• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.

• Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.

• May conduct coupon level testing for design/process verification

• Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations, standard operating procedures and best-practices.

• Monitor activities on the floor and train technicians and inspectors in Soldering and Harnessing skills.

• Harness skills to include: Silver/ Gold Soldering, Potting and conformal coating, close up inspection photography (4-20x magnification)

• Milestone planning: Scheduling floor activities and resources in accordance with commitment dates as represented by program schedule

• Procedure development within MES (Solumina)

• This requisition may be filled at either a Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2) or a Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3) grade based on the qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications for Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2):

• 2 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Experience working with harnessing in an aerospace environment

• Hands on experience resolving productivity or quality issues in a manufacturing or development environment.

• Experience with Root Cause & Corrective Actions (RCCA) and Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• Capability of leadership of complex projects or processes.

• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings including familiarity of GD&T

• Understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM).

• Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team throughout program lifecycle.

Basic Qualifications for Manufacturing Engineer (Level 3):

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's degree; 3 years of relevant experience with a Masters' degree; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working with harnessing in an aerospace environment

• Hands on experience resolving productivity or quality issues in a manufacturing or development environment.

• Experience with Root Cause & Corrective Actions (RCCA) and Failure Modes & Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• Demonstrated leadership experience of complex projects or processes.

• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings including familiarity of GD&T

• Understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM).

• Ability to work as part of a cross-functional team throughout program lifecycle.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Manufacturing or Systems Engineering experience with spaceflight hardware.

• Experience with flex harnessing (ie: ribbon cables)

• Experience with Gold solder

• Experience with MES (Solumina)

• Experience with electrical testing of harnessing (continuity, insulation resistance, etc)

Salary Range: $100,300.00 - $150,500.00Salary Range 2: $124,900.00 - $187,300.00

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.