
2027 Associate Industrial Engineer/Industrial Engineer
Iuka, MSFull-time$57–102K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Northrop Grumman is hiring an Associate Industrial Engineer or Industrial Engineer for its Aerostructures organization in Iuka, Mississippi. The role analyzes shop-floor performance, supports manufacturing teams, develops production schedules, and applies continuous-improvement tools. The selected candidate works a Monday–Thursday 4x10 schedule. The position requires eligibility to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance; U.S. citizenship is a prerequisite.
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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 is seeking an Associate Industrial Engineer or Industrial Engineer . This position will be located at our Aeronautics Systems Sector in Iuka, MS . The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Aerostructures organization.
The selected candidate will work a Monday - Thursday 4x10 schedule.
Essential Functions:
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Analyze shop floor data and develop metrics for daily performance management, i.e. daily earns, efficiency, WIP, cost and schedule
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Provide support to the manufacturing floor by working with cross-functional teams to understand frontline problems and implement cost-saving, impactful solutions.
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Develop and iterate on detail production build schedules by working closely with Production Operations
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Work with frontline leadership to assess current state and implement cost-saving solutions.
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Utilize various Continuous Improvement tools to analyze shop floor practices and processes for opportunities to minimize scrap, reduce cost, increase capacity and optimize schedule.
This requisition may be filled at either an Associate Industrial Engineer or an Industrial Engineer level.
Basic Qualifications for an Associate Industrial Engineer:
A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
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Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by August 2027
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Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
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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.
Basic Qualifications for an Industrial Engineer
A candidate, regardless of age and hiring source, must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:
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Be completing or has completed their Master’s degree from an accredited institution by August 2027 or is completing their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 2 years of Aerospace, Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing environment
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Be majoring in or having majored in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Math) degree
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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
Preferred Qualifications:
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Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
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Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
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Experience with Excel Macros, Advanced Pivot Tables, Power Query, Power BI, SQL
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Majoring in Industrial Engineering
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Ability to apply basic Industrial Engineering principles
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Experience with Excel, including macros, data mining, and pivot tables
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Experience with Microsoft Project, including Gantt charts
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Experience working with cross-functional teams in a manufacturing environment
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Active U.S. Government security clearance
Pay Range:
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Associate Industrial Engineer $56,700 to $85,100
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Industrial Engineer $68,200 to $102,400
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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 812 open Industrial Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$57–102K/yr
- US median$85–135K/yr494 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $80K, is 29% below the US median midpoint ($111K) — in the lowest quarter of Industrial Engineer salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Industrial Engineer jobs in Mississippi and 812 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Lockheed Martin62 open
- Amazon55 open
- Northrop Grumman (this employer)27 open
- Experience
- Industrial Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (597 postings).
- Education
- 526 of the 812 open Industrial Engineer jobs (65%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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