Engineer Manufacturing - Apopka FL

Manufacturing Engineer

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 Mission Systems is a trusted provider of mission-enabling solutions for global security. We have a wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. Our differentiated battle management and cyber solutions deliver timely, mission-enabling information and provide superior situational awareness and understanding to protect the U.S. and its global allies.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Manufacturing Engineer based out of Apopka, FL. As a Manufacturing Engineer at Northrop Grumman, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. Using Model-based Engineering and Agile practices we continue to evolve how we deliver critical national defense products and capabilities for the warfighter. Our success is grounded in our ability to embrace change, move quickly and continuously adapt innovation. The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.

What you will get to do:

• Accountable for technical ownership of process, optimization, and disposition including top level and subassemblies.
• Accountable for creation and maintenance of manufacturing Work Orders and Routers, disposition of non-conforming parts and assemblies via site Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Support of manufacturing capacity planning optimization for responsible production lines.
• Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.
• Support of Digital Transformation initiatives.
• Accountable for process control, quality, safety, delivery, and rework metrics for responsible production lines.
• Support of manufacturing proposals & basis-of-estimates (BOE's) for potential contracts.
• Accountable for creation and release of: Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOM) Manufacturing Changes (MC) Work Instructions/Manufacturing Process Plans (MPP) Standard Manufacturing Process (SMP) documents all via Siemens Teamcenter Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system.

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ability to collect and analyze production data to identify trends and help make decisions regarding process improvement
• Solid written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
• Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
• Commitment to ethics and compliance
• The ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• The ability for infrequent travel (<10%).
• Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field.
• General knowledge of other related disciplines.
• Passion for achieving manufacturing and operational results.
• An action oriented mindset with ability to make quick decisions in response to changing conditions.