U103 MACHINIST-Tooling

Company: Northrop Grumman
Location: Sunnyvale
Posted on: May 12, 2022

Job Description:

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

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.

Set up and operate a variety of manual and CNC/DNC vertical and horizontal milling, grinding, drilling, broaching, boring, and turning machines to perform any machining operation. Machine a wide variety of parts including complex configurations to exacting tolerances of finish, perpendicularity, concentricity, parallelism and flatness where details are not normally provided.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT:

Manual and CNC/DNC horizontal/vertical milling, grinding, boring, drilling, broaching, and turning machines, layout machine and table, indexing tables, tracer attachments, shims, nuts, bolts, clamps, chuck jaws, fixtures, jigs, vises, tool holders, end mills, face mills, drills, taps, reamers, boring bars, carbide tools, high speed tools, broaches, templates, scribes, hammers, wrenches, height gages, gage blocks, tape punches, micro-cassette recorders, cranes, rigging, etc. Electronic/manual measuring equipment including indicators, micrometers, scopes, levels, verniers, squares, gages and chart recorders.

MATERIAL:

Carbon and stainless steel, alloy steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, rough and semi-finished stock, castings, forgings, fabrications, cutting oil, coolant, hydraulic fluid, rags, etc.

DIRECTION OF OTHERS:

Direct Crane Operator/Slinger personnel in positioning workpiece and removing from machine.

WORKING PROCEDURE:

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE USUAL MAJOR JOB DUTIES BUT THIS DESCRIPTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE PERFORMANCE OF OTHER DUTIES BY THE INCUMBENT, NOR THE QUESTION BEING RAISED ON THE PROPER RATE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

1. Receive work assignments from lead or supervision.

2. Read and follow safety regulations and procedures, and MI package, including drawings, change notices, operation sheets, specifications, work authorizations, tape, readout sheets, and set-up sheets.

3. Set up a variety of manual and CNC/DNC vertical and horizontal milling, grinding, drilling, broaching, boring and turning machines. Select and install proper tools and holders. Select and set optimum speeds and feeds and tool travel stops. Set read out and positioning indicators for reference.

4. Analyze manufacturing information, production drawings, instructions, and parts. Check material size to verify there is sufficient material to machine to drawing. Select method of holding and aligning workpiece, and machining cuts required to obtain specified finishes and tolerances where details are not normally provided.

5. Lay out and scribe or mark on parts reference lines and center points for precise machining dimensions where accuracy is essential. Use trigonometry and geometry tables and/or charts to determine dimensions for bolt circles, angles, chords, etc.

6. Position, align, level and clamp various sizes and shapes of work pieces to machine and/or to positioning and supporting fixtures to exacting tolerances in all axis without distorting or stressing workpiece.

7. Start, operate and adjust all types of manual and CNC/DNC machines to turn, mill, grind, face, bore, groove, spot face, counter bore, tap, hone, chamfer, broach (single task), undercut, and contour a variety of parts including complex configurations requiring a thorough machining knowledge and demonstrated proficiency in applying diversified machining skills to accomplish exacting tolerances of finish, perpendicularity, concentricity, parallelism and flatness.

8. Develop and/or follow the sequencing of CNC/DNC machines. Prepare, proof or make changes to programs as necessary to produce part to specifications. Correct program errors and supplement movement in manual mode and perform operations.

9. Disassemble setups of jobs and clean and return fixtures, gages, tools, etc., to their assigned locations.

10. Check work for conformance to specifications and chart dimensions. Sign off operations completed and obtain first piece and final inspection sign offs on operation sheets.

11. Must be able to obtain and maintain certified operator measurement certification through periodic testing.

12. Maintain tools, equipment and work area in a clean and orderly condition.

13. Maintain a working knowledge of various machining principles and practices, processes, capabilities, tooling, and technologies. Recommend and/or initiate changes in machining procedures and methods to improve operating efficiency.

14. Relay pertinent job information to employees assigned to the same machines on follow up shifts.

15. Perform work of equal or lower classification as required.

Basic Qualifications:

* Must have experience in using shop mathematics, trigonometry, handbook formulas and all types of precision measuring instruments including height gages, micrometers, and calipers.
* Must be able to read and understand complex blueprints including die, fixture, and piece part drawings
* Must be able to set-up, and operate manual turning, milling, and grinding machinery - CNC experience

Preferred Qualifications: - Journeyman's card

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.

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