CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the TimeDescription

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Industrial Engineer (Level 2) or a Principal Industrial Engineer (Level 3) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals in Palmdale, CA.

Responsibilities will include:

• 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

• Understands, maps and optimizes critical path product flow through the factory

• Develops optimized scheduling tools and aligns SAP/MRP systems with an executable plan given various capacity constraints

• Incorporates complex interdependencies within a system to account for the interaction of multiple cost centers, programs, equipment, and tools

• Assist with digital transformation efforts to align with sector and enterprise strategies

• Leads and drives positive change using iterative and agile methodologies

• Creates new metrics and data visualizations to monitor shop floor performance

Basic Qualifications for Industrial Engineer (Level 2): 

• Bachelors degree with 1 year of technical and/or engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a Master’s degree with 0 years of experience

• Experience with planning work in a manufacturing environment

• Must have the ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated DoD Secret Security Clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• Ability to travel at least 10

Basic Qualifications for Principal Industrial Engineer (Level 3): 

• Bachelors degree with 4 years of technical and/or engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a Master’s degree with 3 years of engineering, manufacturing, or data analysis experience; OR a PhD degree with 0 years of experience

• Experience with planning work in a manufacturing environment

• Must have the ability to obtain and/or transfer and maintain the final adjudicated DoD Secret Security Clearance and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs

• Ability to travel at least 10

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors of Science STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) degree

• Active DoD Secret Clearance

• Experience working with cross-functional teams in an aircraft or other manufacturing environment

• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VBA and Formulas: VLOOKUP, INDEXMATCH, IF statements, pivot tables, pivot charts etc.)

• High proficiency in Microsoft Project (scheduling, resource loading, capacity, optimization)

• Experience with improving manufacturing workflow using optimization, modeling, or simulation methods

• Experience with agile methods of project management or development

• Earned Value Management System (EVMS) "Gold Card" experience/training

• Familiarization with low observable technologies and techniques

• Familiarization with aircraft system testing

Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $103,600.00 - $155,400.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.