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Northrop Grumman · 1 day ago

2026 Associate Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer- Night Shift - R10219434

Iuka, MS

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$57K/yr - $102K/yr

2+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense company seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer or Manufacturing Engineer. The role involves designing and developing manufacturing processes, providing technical support to production teams, and ensuring compliance with regulations in a fast-paced environment.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Inspect performance of machinery, equipment, and tools to verify their efficiency, and investigate and initiate corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality

Provide guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques

Ensure processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations

Provide critical support in a production environment to help develop and maintain manufacturing processes, and procedures for composite aircraft parts and assemblies

Work closely with manufacturing personnel to tackle production issues in hand layup, automated fiber placement, autoclave cure, paint and assembly processes

Maintain and distribute daily shift issue logs, documenting both resolved and pending production issues for enhanced communication and transfers of information between shifts

Author, modify, and audit shop floor procedures and electronic work instructions (EWIs)

Perform root cause and corrective action (RCCA) activities to permanently eliminate defects

Troubleshoot production/equipment/program/tooling issues and implement robust improvements and solutions

Work with the quality engineering team to interpret drawings and specifications to process discrepant hardware

Qualification

STEM degreeComposite part manufacturingComputer-aided design softwareGD&TManufacturing environment experienceLeadership capabilitiesInterpersonal communication skillsTeamwork capabilitiesWritten communication skillsVerbal communication skills

Required

Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

Be majoring in or having majored in a 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

Be completing or has completed their Master's degree from an accredited institution or is completing their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 2 years of engineering experience

Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree

Preferred

Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher

Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)

Knowledge of composite part manufacturing

Experience drafting, maintaining, and modifying work instructions and/or process specifications

Experience in a Manufacturing environment

Experience in computer-aided design software (NX preferred)

Familiarity of GD&T

Active Secret or Top-Secret clearance