Welding Manufacturing Engineer/principal Welding Manufacturing Engineer

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Material/Process

This role focuses on welding and fabrication processes for marine propulsion and power generation systems. Responsibilities include developing and improving manufacturing processes, tooling, and fixtures, optimizing welding procedures, evaluating existing systems for cost reduction and sustainability, developing process flows, and collaborating with design engineering. The role also involves leading qualification and certification of welding processes and personnel. It is not AI/ML related.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop new processes, improve existing manufacturing processes, and develop the required tooling and fixtures with an excellent team of experienced assembly mechanics, machinists, welders and engineers.
  2. Develop, document, and optimize welding procedures and fabrication processes.
  3. Evaluate existing manufacturing processes and systems to reduce cost, improve sustainability and develop best practices within the manufacturing environment.
  4. Develop efficient process flows and sequences of operations, optimized production area layouts, manage bills of materials, create detailed work instructions, process procedures and tooling requirements with emphasis on safety, foreign object elimination and equipment/system maintenance.
  5. Support continuous improvement initiatives and implementation of new capital equipment for establishing expanded production processes.

Skills

Required

  • Experience with or around arc welding processes i.e. GMAW, TGAW, SMAW, FCAW.
  • Experience reading and interpreting engineering drawings.
  • Experience with shop floor support.
  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience (or 4 years additional relevant experience in lieu of degree) for Welding Manufacturing Engineer.
  • Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience; OR a Master's Degree with 3 or more years of experience (or 4 years additional relevant experience in lieu of degree) for Principal Welding Manufacturing Engineer.

Nice to have

  • Experience with 6-axis industrial welding robots.
  • Experience with welding symbols, codes, and standards particularly Mil. Standards and Tech Pub.
  • Experience with additive manufacturing.
  • Experience with tool design and work holding.
  • Experience with heat treat and calibration of equipment.
  • Experience with GD&T inspections.
  • Experience with mechanical assembly processes, of iron based products and welding.
  • Experience with SAW welding process.
  • Experience in technical writing and presentations.