Northrop Grumman Australia · 17 hours ago
2026 Associate Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer
United States-California-Palmdale
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$69K/yr - $125K/yr
1+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, and they are seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer / Manufacturing Engineer. This role involves designing manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts, ensuring compliance with regulations, and developing processes that apply to statistical process control.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining and material handling
Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout
Designs sequence of operations and specifies procedures for the fabrication of tools and equipment and other functions that affect product performance
Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions
May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan
Inspects performance of 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
Provides guidance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques
Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations
Qualification
Required
Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution by January 2026
Be majoring in or having majored in a Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Aerospace Engineering, or related STEM degree
Ability to work 1st shift (5:00 am – 3:30 pm) or 2nd shift (4:12 pm – 2:42 am); and any work schedule (times may vary) as determined by business needs
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 by January 2026 or is completing their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution by January 2026 and 1 year of Manufacturing engineering experience
Preferred
Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
Manufacturing engineering major
Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
Fabrication, Assembly, GD&T, process improvement, CAD modeling, machining experience
Creating and updating work instructions experience
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase