2026 Associate Process Engineer or Process Engineer - Utah

Posted:
9/30/2025, 2:33:30 AM

Location(s):
Magna, Utah, United States ⋅ Clearfield, Utah, United States ⋅ Utah, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Product

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

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 Associate Process Engineer or Process Engineer. This position will be located at our Space Systems Sector in Promontory, Magna, or Clearfield, Utah.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Propulsion Systems business group.

Role Description & Responsibilities:

  • Able to demonstrate and instill a strong safety culture in daily operations

  • Developing and continuously improving manufacturing processes

  • Supporting manufacturing operations, to include composites manufacturing, machining, rubber layup and molding, chemical bonding, primers and coatings, and complex assemblies

  • Performing cause and corrective action investigations to permanently eliminate defects using root cause analysis tools

  • Working with concurrent engineering team to create Build-to-Packages (i.e. engineering and planning documents)

  • Authoring manufacturing instructions; Developing and incorporating process improvements

  • Applying critical thinking skills to evaluate impacts of product and tooling design changes

  • Preparing and presenting technical presentations to VSET, leadership, and to the customers for review and approval

  • Performing table top reviews with operations personnel

  • Monitoring production events and utilizing SPC tools to ensure process control

  • Troubleshooting production/tooling/facility issues and implementing improvements and solutions

  • Supporting design, checkout, qualification and implementation of new or modified tooling or equipment

Basic Qualifications: 

This requisition may be filled at either a level 1 or a level 2.  Basic qualifications for a Process Engineer 1 are a Bachelor’s Degree. Basic qualifications for a Process Engineer 2 are a Master’s Degree.

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

  • Be completing or has completed their degree (Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD) from an accredited institution

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

  • Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)


Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0 or higher

Salary Range for Level 1

Min: $63,900.00

Max: $95,900.00

Salary Range for Level 2

Min: $77,200.00

Max: $115,800.00

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.

Northrop Grumman

Website: https://northropgrumman.com/

Headquarter Location: Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1994

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

Industries: Data Integration ⋅ Manufacturing ⋅ Remote Sensing ⋅ Security ⋅ Software