
Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer
Required skills
- Data Analytics
- operational processes
- metrics
- reporting
- program performance
- operational performance
- Digital Transformation Champion
- sector strategies
- enterprise strategies
- shop floor performance
Nice to have
- improving manufacturing workflow
- optimization
- modeling
- simulation methods
- manufacturing workflow
- Lean Manufacturing Methods
Role summary
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking an Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA. This role involves analyzing operational processes, developing metrics, and optimizing performance using data analytics. Responsibilities include leading digital transformation efforts, creating data visualizations for shop floor performance, analyzing lead times and throughput, and building models to optimize product flow under various constraints. The engineer will also develop scheduling tools, align SAP/MRP systems, and communicate requirements with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams. The position requires on-site support for manufacturing operations and strong communication and critical thinking skills. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain a secret clearance.
Description
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 Mission Systems is looking for you to join our team as an Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer based out of Sunnyvale, CA.
The successful candidate will be collaborative, open, transparent, and team-oriented with a focus on team empowerment & shared responsibility, flexibility, continuous learning, and a culture of automation.
What You’ll get to Do:
- Utilizes Data Analytics to analyze existing operational processes and develop metrics and reporting to optimize and improve program & operational performance.
- Lead efforts as Digital Transformation Champion to align Sunnyvale's goals with the sector and enterprise strategies.
- Creates new metrics and data visualizations to monitor shop floor performance.
- Analyzes lead times, queue times, work-in-process, cycle times, and throughput to meet customer demand most effectively and efficiently.
- Builds scalable and sustainable models to optimize product flow, while incorporating cost, schedule, and resource constraints.
- Develop optimized scheduling tools and align SAP/MRP systems with an executable plan given various capacity constraints.
- Communicates requirements, planning, and systems framework with IT, ERP, business analytics, and data science teams.
- Must be available on-site to support manufacturing and its schedule of operations.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills.
- Solid interpersonal and critical thinking skills.
- Solid presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate thoughts and ideas.
- Microsoft Office Excel, including macros, data mining, and pivot tables, or data visualization software applications.
- Commitment to ethics and compliance.
- Ability to collaborate in a team environment.
- Ability for infrequent travel (<10%).
This position may be filled at a level 2 (Industrial Engineer) or level 3 (Principal
Industrial Engineer) depending on candidate experience.
Basic Qualifications Industrial Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree with 2 or more years of industrial engineering or manufacturing experience; OR master’s degree with 0 or more years of industrial engineering or manufacturing experience.
- Experience with time studies and capacity modeling.
- Experience with shop floor controls (SOPs).
- Experience with Process control methods (SPC/control charts).
- Experience with Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship required
Basic Qualifications Principal Industrial Engineer:
- Bachelor’s degree with 5 or more years of industrial engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR master’s degree with 3 or more years of industrial engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience.
- Experience in designing visualizations in Tableau.
- Experience with time studies and capacity modeling.
- Experience with Process control methods (SPC/control charts).
- Experience with Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk, Pp, Ppk).
- Experience with Visio or equivalent.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Preferred Qualifications for Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer:
- Experience with improving manufacturing workflow using optimization, modeling, or simulation methods.
- At least 1 year of demonstrated manufacturing experience.
- Experience with Lean Manufacturing Methods.
- Experience with SAP S/4 HANA Cloud ERP system.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment.
- 2 years of demonstrated experience leading project teams.
- Experience with SQL, Python, VBA, or other programming languages.
- Familiarity with workstation ergonomics.
- Experience with agile methods of project management or development.
Sample Northrop Grumman interview questions
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Can you discuss the role of reusability and scalability in UVM's verification approach?
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Can you detail the function of a register table within embedded system design?
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Could you outline how virtual memory is implemented in embedded systems and its advantages?
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Can you discuss the role and functionality of a watchdog timer?
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What is your understanding of polymorphism in SystemVerilog?
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