2025 Event Evergreen Associate Manufacturing Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer

About the position

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 Aeronautics Systems sector is seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals supporting our Production Engineering and Operations (PE&O) organization. The position requires on-site support located in Melbourne, FL or St Augustine, FL, and cannot be performed remotely due to the nature of the role. The selected candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Manufacturing Engineering Team working in a collaborative environment while promoting a positive and proactive teamwork environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to Engineering regarding design concepts to ensure the best manufacturing technique is being used to meet the Engineering design.
• Participate in tool design reviews to ensure tools are feasible and reduce build times and program costs during assembly.
• Identify manufacturing processes and specialty tooling requirements to improve efficiency, quality, and ergonomics in production operations.
• Research, develop, and provide process training as required.
• Define sequence of operations for product builds, investigate and initiate corrective actions and improvements that involve non-conforming product and identify improvement opportunities in areas that require producibility and affordability initiatives.
• Ability to interface/communicate with multiple levels of Leadership (e.g., Program Managers and Directors), Customers, and Suppliers.
• Work on large, interdisciplinary teams.
• Mentor & build technical networks.
• Ability to provide innovative techniques focused on improving product designs and tooling assemblies or equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 0 years of related engineering experience OR Master’s Degree.
• Ability to obtain/maintain DOD Secret security clearance and Special Access Program within a reasonable amount of time as required by the business.
• Ability to traverse unit/product and operate in manufacturing/production environment to include: tooling, stands, ladders, steps etc. while wearing appropriate PPE, occasionally enter confined space.
• Ability to work for extended periods of time at a workstation on a computer or similar device for up to 10 hours / duration of shift.
• Occasional extended periods of standing, bending, kneeling.
• Ability to be able to lift 15 pounds at times.

Nice-to-haves

• STEM Degree (Science, Technical, Engineering or Mathematical).
• Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel and/or Microsoft PowerPoint).
• Degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting 2-D drawings and/or 3-D models for overall manufacturing producibility, assembly, and installation.
• Experience and process knowledge in aerospace manufacturing.
• Experience with Subsystem design, manufacturing, and assembly (i.e. Hydraulics, Environmental Control System, Fuel System, Fire Protection, etc.).
• Experience with Manufacturing Engineering, Tooling Engineering, Aircraft Maintenance, or Machining/Fabrication Processes.
• Manufacturing assembly/installation work instructions authoring experience.
• Experience working hands-on in a production assembly line environment.
• Experience with developing enhancement processes that improve production shop floor efficiencies.
• Working knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems and System Application and Production (SAP) knowledge.
• Experience providing innovative techniques focused on improving product designs and tooling assemblies or equipment.

Benefits

• Exceptional benefits/healthcare.
• Great 401K matching program.
• 14 Employee Resource Groups inclusive of all employees.