Sentinel - Staff Material Process Engineer - *17371

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Roy, UT +1 · Material/Process

Material Process Engineer responsible for full spectrum of design application parts management tasks on assigned system and sub-systems, ensuring risk identification, mitigation, and tracking during the design and manufacturing of weapon systems. This role involves reviewing and approving multilayered systems, applying technical principles to part/material manufacturing and FMEA, and working independently to provide innovative technical solutions. The engineer will create reports, research specifications, coordinate with integrated product teams, and collaborate with various engineering disciplines and customers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Responsible to perform full spectrum of design application parts management tasks on assigned system and sub-systems to ensure streamlined risk identification, risk mitigation, and tracking of at-risk component issues during the design and manufacturing of weapon systems and equipment under an overarching Systems Engineering framework.
  2. Ability to review and approve multilayered systems of systems being designed and fabricated via several layers of contractors and suppliers distributed across the country.
  3. Demonstrates a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts relative to part/material manufacturing and FMEA.
  4. Works independently to provide innovative technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using literature review and testing as appropriate.
  5. Create, analyze, and produce roadmaps, impact, and issue reports and present data to stakeholders, customers, and upper management.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline
  • Minimum of 12 years of relevant experience
  • U.S. citizen
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
  • Strong written and oral communication for test plans and stakeholder briefings
  • Basic project-management skills (schedule, risk, resource coordination)
  • Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, ASME Y14.24 drawings, and 3D models
  • Knowledge of material properties, process controls, failure modes, material traceability, and serialized-part control
  • Ability to read, apply, and generate reports per DoD/aerospace standards such as MIL-STD-11991
  • Experience in related fields (DOE, automotive, medical-device manufacturing, quality assurance) acceptable
  • Experience with MIL-STD or industry machining, welding, soldering, electronic assembly, cable-harness fabrication, coating/surface-treatment systems, and cross-disciplinary quality & documentation
  • Willingness to work on-site in manufacturing facilities, including clean-room or hazardous environments
  • Availability for up to 15% domestic/international travel for supplier visits, audits, and technical briefings

Nice to have

  • Siemens NX, Capital, Expedition and Teamcenter experience
  • Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Welding Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Materials Engineering.
  • Experience reviewing & approving materials and processes
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Top Secret clearance
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, including demonstrated experience with high value customer presentations, with ability to focus on multiple projects with competing priorities
  • Demonstrated experience in making sound decisions in uncertain and difficult situations
  • Strong sense of urgency and work ethic in ensuring engineering meets customer and program expectations in a timely and efficient manner
  • Experience in performing in an Agile environment and knowledge/understanding of JIRA
  • Six Sigma Green/Black Belt
  • Hands-on experience with APQP, PPAP, and control plan development
  • Relevant machining experience with Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T) ASME Y14.5-2023 or ISO 1101-2023, Surface Finish ISO 1302 or ASME B46.1, Material Specification ASTM AISI/SAE grading, ISO 4949, etc.
  • Relevant AWS welding experience
  • Relevant Soldering & Electronic Assembly experience
  • Relevant Cable Harness Fabrication such as IPC/WHMA-A-620, MIL-STD-196
  • Relevant Coating System and qualification experience

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret clearance
  • Special Access Program (SAP) clearance
  • Secret clearance
  • Special Access Program (SAP) clearance