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Principal/Engineer Cables Manufacturing (Level 2 or 3)

ChandlerOnsiteFull Timelevel 2$72,100–$134,200 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • MES
  • communication skills
  • team environment

Nice to have

  • DoD Secret security clearance
  • US Citizenship
  • ABET accredited university
  • Capital Software
  • Teamcenter
  • Solumina

Role summary

Northrop Grumman's Space Sector is seeking a Cables Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2 or 3) in Chandler, AZ. This fully on-site role supports cable design, fabrication tools, testing, inspection, and production builds. Responsibilities include designing manufacturing processes, procedures, and layouts; adapting equipment designs; incorporating inspection and test requirements; developing statistical process control techniques; and troubleshooting production issues. The role involves creating MES cable build plans, managing change records, and driving process improvements. Requires a Bachelor's degree with 2-5 years of related experience (depending on level), familiarity with MES or similar systems, and Root Cause/Corrective Action. Preferred qualifications include experience with cables, Capital Software, Teamcenter, or Solumina, and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: NoneTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

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's Space Sector is seeking a Cables Manufacturing Engineer (Level 2 or 3), on our Cables Team located in Chandler, AZ where you will work closely with cable design teams and cable production teams supporting cable design, cable fabrication tools, cable testing, and inspection as well as the actual production floor builds.

This is a fully on-site position; hybrid or remote work is not available. Relocation is not offered.

Our Cables Manufacturing Engineers:

  • 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.

  • May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan. Inspects performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality.

  • Develop manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques.

  • Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.

  • Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations.

In this job, you will:

  • Create cable MES cable build plans from a released cable drawing with schematic and requirements for the fabrication of the cable.

  • Create in-process change records on cable builds

  • Troubleshoot and work Cause/ Corrective Actions

  • Create design change cable build plans

  • Up-rev MES plans when new cable drawing releases

  • Work process improvements

Required Qualifications for Level 2:

  • Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of related experience – OR – Master’s degree with 0 years of related experience.

  • Experience working with MES or similar system

  • Familiarity with Root Cause and Corrective Action

  • Must have excellent communication skills and ability to work within a team environment.

Required Qualifications for Level 3:

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of related experience – OR – Master’s degree with 3 years of experience.

  • Familiarity with Root Cause and Corrective Action

  • Must have excellent communication skills and ability to work within a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance, which generally requires US Citizenship as a prerequisite

  • BS in Engineering from an ABET accredited university

  • Experience with cables

  • Experience with Capital Software

  • Familiarity with Teamcenter or Solumina

  • Adept at managing competing priorities

  • Attention to detail

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

We work a 9/80 schedule (9 hours per day Mon-Thurs, 8 hours every other Friday with the alternate Friday off)

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site. Northrop Grumman Total Rewards

Primary Level Salary Range: $72,100.00 - $108,100.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $89,400.00 - $134,200.00The 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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market 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.

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