Manufacturing Engineering & Design

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TRAVEL: 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 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Manufacturing Operations Engineering Team in Baltimore/Elkridge, MD seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to join our team. This is a 1st shift position.
This career opportunity is a great fit for Engineers who want to design and refine manufacturing processes to ensure they are operating smoothly and efficiently. We are seeking manufacturing engineers who are passionate about designing and creating manufacturing processes that enable rapid product delivery schedules with the highest quality. The manufacturing engineer will support our highly automated SMT manufacturing environment. Manufacturing engineers are the process owners who have responsibility for ensuring successful delivery of production hardware. Process development, equipment support, and analysis of failure trends, root cause/ corrective actions.
Design, develop, and implement manufacturing processes related to SMT routing and manufacturing
Troubleshoot and support complex manufacturing equipment
Compile data and analyze manufacturing process for process control
Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to develop and implement process improvements and solutions
Support operators and technicians through troubleshooting and training
Interface with manufacturing management, technicians, production engineers, design engineers, system engineers, program management and program support teams
The successful candidate will have a working knowledge of manufacturing engineering and Lean Six Sigma concepts. They will have analytical skills to review requirements, engineering drawings, and translate into manufacturing processes that produce conforming products. They should be self-directed, organized, team oriented with an ability to effectively communicate across teams, and have previous experience with MS Office tools.

This is a 1st shift position.
Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Manufacturing 2:
Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or related STEM field and a minimum of 2+ years of relevant experience; or a master’s degree in mechanical engineering or related STEM field and a minimum of 0 years of experience.
Experience reading and interpreting specifications, parts list, and engineering drawings
Attention to detail with ability to demonstrate successful problem solving and analysis
Previous Experience in the SMT or similar environment
Experience with Troubleshooting complex equipment to ensure adequate availability and performance
Hands-on troubleshooting of complex manufacturing equipment
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. 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. 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.