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Manufacturing Systems Engineer - Level 4

Northrop Grumman

Linthicum Heights, MDFull-time$136–204K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$136–204K/yr
Location
Linthicum Heights, MD
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector seeks a Manufacturing Systems Engineer – Level 4 in Linthicum, Maryland. The role leads requirements development, technical planning, integration, verification, validation, and cost, ROI, and risk analysis across the manufacturing lifecycle. It drives advanced manufacturing and digital technology projects, proposals, production transition, and investment planning. The position is 100% onsite and follows a 9/80 schedule.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Manual AssemblyAutomated AssemblyAugmented Reality SystemsProject ManagementJ-STD RequirementsMIL-STD RequirementsSpace Class a and Class C HardwareSpace Standard PracticesDesign of ExperimentsStatistical Process ControlSiemens NXTeamcenterCPLMSAPGeometric Dimensioning and TolerancingManufacturing Execution Systems

Qualifications

BS+8, MS+6 or PhD+4 YearsActive Secret/SCI ClearanceBachelor's in Engineering or Related STEM

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

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’s Space Sector is seeking a Manufacturing Systems Engineer – Level 4 to join our team in Linthicum, MD. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

This role leads requirements development, technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, and cost, ROI, and risk analysis across the full manufacturing lifecycle. The position drives advanced manufacturing and digital technology projects that improve quality, cycle time, and cost, while leading proposals, estimates, production transition, and investment planning in areas such as additive manufacturing, automation, analytics, and digital fabric

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

  • Interface with Surveillance and Targeting Business Unit and Operations to stay current with new concept and proposal programs

  • Support Program Proposal and develop cost estimates for manufacturing including product cost routings and NRE.

  • Serve as operations technical interface for Manufacturing and RSP integrated program teams (IPT) for low MRL programs

  • Support IPTs in make/buy/dual sourcing decisions

  • Participate in producibility reviews for new product designs

  • Recommend design improvements to produce lower cost/higher performing products

  • Developing new and maintaining or improving existing manufacturing processes with a focus on affordability

  • Understand and translate state-of-the-art process capabilities and guidelines for product designers by interfacing with manufacturing subject matter experts

  • Develop discriminating IRAD and capital investment plans with the Manufacturing Strategy and Integration team

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Engineering or related STEM area and 8 years of relevant professional experience (or 6 years with an MS; 4 years with a PhD);

  • Requires an active Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

  • Experience with manual and automated assembly processes

  • Experience with Augmented Reality Systems.

  • Project management experience

  • Familiarity with J-STD and MIL-STD requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Familiarity with Space Class A and Class C Hardware

  • Familiarity with Space programs and Space Standard Practices (SSP)

  • Familiarity with Design of Experiment (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC)

  • Experience with Siemens NX, Teamcenter, CPLM, SAP

  • Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)

  • Experience with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

Curious about all the exciting developments with the Northrop Grumman Space Sector? Click the link below:

https://www.northropgrumman.com/space

Working at Northrop Grumman is more than just a paycheck. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards and benefits package designed to help you thrive at work and in life. For more information on our Total Rewards package, please visit our Total Rewards site.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $135,800.00 - $203,600.00

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) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 5,455 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$136–204K/yr
  • Maryland median$99–135K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$97–143K/yr3,123 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $170K, is 45% above the Maryland median midpoint ($117K) — in the top quarter of Manufacturing Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 62 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in Maryland and 5,455 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Maryland
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (4,337 postings).
Education
3,110 of the 5,455 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (57%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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