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Intern, Industrial Engineering

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Northrop Grumman

Intern, Industrial Engineering

Goleta, CA
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

    RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

    CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

    TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

    DESCRIPTION

    Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

    Your opportunities for achievement are limitless with Northrop Grumman Space Systems Sector.

    An internship at Northrop Grumman is unique. Sure, you'll learn new skills, explore our enterprise, network with experts, connect with thought leaders, and finish with a resume that opens doors. But you'll gain something even more valuable: pride in what you've done. Join us and launch your career. We'll support you with training, employee resource groups, and our shared vision of global security.

    Northrop Grumman is seeking students in STEM fields, with emphasis in Lean Six Sigma to join the Space Systems Intern Program. This position will be located in Goleta, CA. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman's Deployables Operating unit and Space Components and Strategic Businesses Business Unit, within the Payload and Ground Systems division of the sector.

    The selected candidate will work in a dynamic, high-tech, people-focused environment where he/she will interact with users, customers and other developers at the cutting edge of satellite and deployable systems technology.

    ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    As an intern, you'll participate in a summer internship program to develop competencies in a variety of Industrial engineering specializations that may include:

    • Participating in and leading Kaizen events
    • Developing Value Stream Maps for critical processes
    • Developing tool control and implementing 5S in specified work areas
    • Performing Time Studies and level loading process flow
    • Drive efficiency improvements in specified work centers

    BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

    A CANDIDATE, REGARDLESS OF AGE AND HIRING SOURCE, MUST MEET ALL OF THE BELOW CRITERIA. THE CANDIDATE MUST:

    • Be enrolled full-time and pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree from an accredited college/university AND graduating after August 2022.
    • Be majoring in a STEM field (physics, engineering (various), mathematics, etc.)
    • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or higher (unofficial academic transcripts must be provided at time of application by uploading the documents to your application or profile)
    • Be available to work full-time (40 hours per week) for at least 10 weeks during summer 2022 (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
    • Strong communication skills, oral and written.
    • Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
    • Ability tomultitask and organize/prioritize job assignments in a fast-paced and gated-release engineering development environment.
    • Previous work with Lean Principals.

    PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

    • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 or higher
    • Demonstrableproblem solving skills with hands-on project experience.
    • Strong communicationand analytical skills and discipline with the ability to organize and prioritize job assignments and tasks.
    • Previous experience with VSM, Time Study, 5S, and other Lean Principals
    • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint...)

    INTERN PAY RANGE:

    Bachelors: $24.00 - $29.75

    Masters: $32.25 - $33.25

    At Northrop Grumman, our internship pay rates are standardized and take into account three main factors: the anticipated graduation date of the individual, the cost of labor of the geographic location, and whether the internship is considered technical or administrative.

    The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. With the continuing impacts of COVID-19 around the world, we are taking action to protect the health and well-being of our colleagues and maintain the safety of the communities where we operate. As a federal contractor, and consistent with EXECUTIVE ORDER 14042 (https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/), we will require all newly hired employees in the United States to be fully vaccinated by January 18, 2022, or by your start date if it is after January 18. Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) in advance of your start date.

    Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

  • Industry
    Defense and Space
  • About Us

    Northrop Grumman is a technology company, focused on global security and human discovery. Our pioneering solutions equip our customers with capabilities they need to connect, advance and protect the U.S. and its allies. Driven by a shared purpose to solve our customers’ toughest problems, our 90,000 employees define possible every day.