This career opportunity is a great fit for a self-motivated, proactive individual who wants to plan and run projects for the Northrop Grumman LCA. Our engineers work in a high exposure, fast paced, and exciting environment that involves hands-on technical challenges, problem solving, and inter-department collaborations. The candidate will apply strong engineering fundamentals, demonstrate clear communication with those they interact with, and must be able to support up to 10% domestic and international travel for the duration of the program. If you thrive on attention to detail and want different challenges each day, this is the place for you.
Position Description

This position reports to the LCA engineering manager and is responsible for providing technical leadership, engineering oversight and support on LCA programs, as well as other programs in Northrop Grumman's ammunition program teams.

Development and oversight of production processes for production at Socorro, other Northrop Grumman locations and subcontractors, focusing on 120mm and 105mm cartridges and ammunition propulsion systems.

* Provide manufacturing, test engineering, and leadership.

Support and/or lead failure investigations, root cause determination, and corrective action implementation.

Communicating issues and status frequently and effectively both verbally and in writing.

* Engineering oversight and interpretation of acceptance and qualification testing results of ammunition materials and components.

* Contribute to completion of specific program and project milestones.

* Represent Northrop Grumman to our customers and suppliers.

* Travel (approximately 10%) domestic and international to customers and suppliers representing Northrop Grumman's program and business interests.

* Conceptualize and implement continuous improvement projects internally and with suppliers.

* Implement and manage strong manufacturing engineering principals to ensure robust production process and high product quality. Examples are SPC, PFMEA, mistake proofing, gauge R&R, production readiness reviews, equipment and gage qualifications, capacity analysis, value stream mapping, and first article inspections.

Basic Qualifications: Principal Engineer

Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of experience, a Master's degree plus 3 years of experience, or a PhD plus 1 years of experience.

* Engineering experience in both product development and supporting a development environment.

* Experience working with customer engineering, vendors and subcontractors.

* Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross disciplines within a team.

* Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization.

* Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

* Ability to travel domestic and international up to 10%

* Knowledge or experience with LabView.

* Knowledge or experience with explosives or energetic assembly and test.

* Knowledge of 120mm gun systems; maintenance and operation.

* As a responsible party to ATF, obtain coverage under Safe Explosive Act as employee possessor/responsible person upon starting

* Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

* Must be U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications: Principal Engineer

M.S. Engineering degree from an accredited university.

* Experience with leading teams is highly desirable.

* Experience with managing cost and schedule.

* Prior experience working in the defense industry and/or with U.S. Government contracts.

* Experience writing statements of work and estimating project scope.

Basic Qualifications: Sr. Principal Engineer

Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience, a Master's degree plus 6 years of experience, or a PhD plus 4 years of experience.

* Engineering experience in both product development and supporting a development environment.

* Experience working with customer engineering, vendors and subcontractors.

* Proven partnership/collaboration skills and ability to partner with cross disciplines within a team.

* Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation) across all levels of the organization.

* Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

* Ability to travel domestic and international up to 10%

* Knowledge or experience with LabView.

* Knowledge or experience with explosives or energetic assembly and test.

* Knowledge of 120mm gun systems; maintenance and operation.

* As a responsible party to ATF, obtain coverage under Safe Explosive Act as employee possessor/responsible person upon starting

* Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

* Must be U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications: Sr. Principal Engineer

M.S. Engineering degree from an accredited university.

* Experience with leading teams is highly desirable.

* Experience with managing cost and schedule.

* Prior experience working in the defense industry and/or with U.S. Government contracts.

* Experience writing statements of work and estimating project scope.

Salary Range: $82,100 - $123,100
Salary Range 2: *$102,200 - $153,200
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 candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.