CLEARANCE TYPE: Top Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

The Payload and Ground Systems organization within the Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission.

Payload and Ground Systems is seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Manager Level 1 to the Remote Sensing Manufacturing Operations team. This role will be managing the functional activities of Manufacturing Engineers at Focal Plane Lab in Linthicum MD.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Design manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling.
• Design arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout.
• Design sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance.
• Adapt machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.
• Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan.
  • Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.
  • Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.
• Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
• Manage the functional activities of Manufacturing Engineers located in Linthicum, MD.  
• In addition to functional Section Manager duties, will perform lead engineering tasks, which will comprise most of the statement of work.
  • Note: Internal candidates aligned to Focal Plane Assembly will typically continue to perform their existing lead engineering tasks.
• Process oversight, participation in the performance review process, management of personnel records and participation in corrective or disciplinary actions.
• Staffing responsibilities may include hiring, recruiting of personnel, and working to ensure that engineers with the appropriate skills and experience are deployed.
• Mentor, provide career guidance and coaching, and leading others.
• Use excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years of relevant experience with a Bachelors degree; 3 years of relevant experience with a Masters degree; 0 years of relevant experience with a PhD; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree
• Must be willing and able to travel to other Northrop Grumman and/or customer sites as needed.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated technical leadership and management experience.
• At least 5 years of applicable Engineering Manufacturing experience on space hardware. 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively interact with the customer and program management.
• Proficiency with MS Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project).
• Experience managing people preferred

Salary Range: $102,400.00 - $153,600.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.