Industrial Engineer / Principal Industrial Engineer (Hiring Immediately)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: 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 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):

Bachelor's 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):

Bachelor's 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:

Bachelor's 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 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) f