Senior Principal Manufacturing Engineer

This position is focused on providing technical and process leadership in the manufacturing of medium caliber cannons and supports the Guns business segment at Armament Systems Division.
This career opportunity is a great fit for a self-motivated, proactive individual who wants to plan, develop, and execute operations and manufacturing processes in our gun assembly and barrel manufacturing facility. 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. If you thrive on attention to detail and want different challenges each day, this is the place for you.
Position Description:

Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, and material handling

Generates and maintains manufacturing bills of materials (MBOM)

Designs arrangement of work centers or machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout

Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of product, tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance

Adapts process, tool, machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions.

Incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan

Inspects performance of processes, product, machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality

Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control, and may develop those techniques

Ensures processes and procedures are compliant with regulations

Basic Qualifications:

Our position emphasizes skills and requires 14 years of experience. Will consider a Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of experience, a Master's degree plus 8 years of experience, or a PhD plus 6 years of experience

Engineering experience in supporting a production environment

Experience working with design engineering, Quality Assurance, machinists, and assembly personnel

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

Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, presentation)

Knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

Must be a US Citizen

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with MES and/or software that maintains routings and production data

Experience with MRP software (SAP, CostPoint, etc)

Experience with PLM Software (Teamcenter, Windchill, etc)

Experience with using 3D modeling software (Solidworks, NX, Pro-E, etc.)

* Experience working with Aerospace/Military standards and implementation of standards across cross-functional teams

Primary Level Salary Range: $107,800.00 - $161,800.00The 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.

Client-provided location(s): Mesa, AZ

Job ID: NorthropGrumman-R10212753

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-05T20:09:24