Principal Production Engineer Energetics Manufacturing - 2nd Shift
In short. Principal Production Engineer Energetics Manufacturing - 2nd Shift at Northrop Grumman: a full-time lead or staff-level role, on-site in Elkton, MD. Posted salary: $109K – $163K. Asks for 3+ years of experience. Skills mentioned: Excel. Posted Nov 13, 2026, checked on the employer's site 54 min ago.
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Summary
Provide technical support during production events, troubleshoot issues on second shift, and coordinate follow-up actions with day shift and supporting engineering organizations. Develop, maintain, and improve process-control documentation, standard work, operating procedures, work instructions, work measurement standards, and tooling-use documentation.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the TimeDescription
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 is seeking a 2nd Shift Principal Production Engineer to support our Energetics Manufacturing team on site in Elkton, MD.
The 2nd Shift Production Engineer will provide hands-on engineering support for energetic materials production and related assemblies during second-shift operations. This role will support manufacturing, tooling and industrial engineering positions on second shift. This position supports all manufacturing operations to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable production. The role works closely with Operations, Quality, Project Engineering, EH&S, and Facilities to achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical support during production events, troubleshoot issues on second shift, and coordinate follow-up actions with day shift and supporting engineering organizations.
- Develop, maintain, and improve process-control documentation, standard work, operating procedures, work instructions, work measurement standards, and tooling-use documentation.
- Support the planning, design, launch, and improvement of manufacturing lines for new products and product upgrades, including facility, utility, equipment, tooling, and fixture requirements.
- Assist with development and implementation of tooling components for energetic aerospace propulsion systems including molds, lifting devices, handling fixtures, test fixtures, and other production-support equipment.
- Support tool use, checkout, maintenance, and follow-up in production; identify opportunities to improve existing tooling and production-support designs.
- Apply Lean and continuous-improvement methods including 5S, value-stream mapping, standard work, time studies, line balancing, and waste reduction, to improve flow and throughput.
- Drive continuous-improvement activities to improve process capability and reduce cost.
- Lead or support root-cause and corrective-action activities, Process FMEA/PFMEA, statistical process control, capability analysis, and other risk-reduction efforts.
- Establish safety requirements for new or modified processes, facilities, equipment, and tooling in collaboration with EH&S.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 5+ years of relevant manufacturing, process, or production engineering experience; or a Master’s degree in Engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in a manufacturing or production environment
- Experience with production environment capacity and utilization analysis.
- Ability to support production operations on a second-shift schedule and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Experience with process documentation, work instructions, implementing standard work, tool and fixture design.
- Working knowledge of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, including ASME Y14.5M.
- Experience with Lean manufacturing and continuous-improvement tools and methods.
- Ability to analyze manufacturing data to support problem solving and decision making, including yield, scrap, defect, downtime, and cost trends.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, project coordination, and teamwork skills.
- Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint, CAD, and modeling tools.
- U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret Security Clearance, as required by business needs.
- Experience supporting or leading RCCA and Process FMEA/PFMEA activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading manufacturing projects or initiatives, such as new-product line setup, major process improvements, capital-equipment projects, or tooling-fabrication projects.
- Experience in energetics, ordnance, propellants, or other hazardous materials manufacturing environments.
- Experience applying statistical methods, SPC, capability analysis, or DOE to manufacturing processes.
- Experience defining TPM or preventive-maintenance programs and working with maintenance organizations.
- Familiarity with additive manufacturing for tooling or hardware.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems for routings, bills of material, and work-in-process tracking.
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