About This Role
This role involves developing and iterating on production build schedules, supporting the manufacturing floor, and implementing cost-saving solutions. It suits an industrial engineer who can apply continuous improvement tools to optimize processes and facilitate value generation.
Responsibilities
- Develop and iterate on detail production build schedules by working closely with Development and Production Operations
- Provide support to the manufacturing floor by working proactively with cross-functional teams to understand frontline problems and implement cost-saving solutions
- Utilize various Continuous Improvement tools to analyze shop floor practices and processes for opportunities to minimize waste, reduce cost, increase capacity and optimize schedule
- Work with frontline leadership to assess current state reality and define future state possibilities
- Provide tactics and training to frontline leaders and shop floor personnel to improve the current state and facilitate value generation
- Conduct studies and generate metrics pertaining to efficiency, cycle times, work-in-progress, manpower, cost performance, and product delivery
- Partner with manufacturing management to develop and track recovery plans that instill confidence within program management and customers
- Apply systems thinking in the development of metrics to improve product flow from the release of raw materials through product delivery
- Provide capacity planning, rate tool analyses, and facility layouts to ensure the ongoing success of composite operations
Requirements
- For an Associate Industrial Engineer (T01):
- Be completing or has completed their Bachelor
- s degree from an accredited institution by October 2026
- Be majoring in or having majored in Industrial Engineering or similar STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
- Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start
- For an Industrial Engineer (T02):
- Be completing or has completed their Master
- s degree from an accredited institution by October 2026 or is completing their Bachelor's degree by October 2026 from an accredited institution and 1 year of industrial engineering experience
- Be majoring in or having majored in Industrial Engineering or similar STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
- Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government secret clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time
Important Details
- Travel: Yes, 10% of the Time
About the Company
At Northrop Grumman, employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Their pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled them to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in the nation's history. They 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. Their culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work
- and they have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Their employees are not only part of history, they're making history.
