Digital Manufacturing and the Future Technical Leader Program at Northrop Grumman
Monday, September 13, 2021
Date: Monday, September 13, 2021
Time: 5:30PM
Location: Virtual via ZOOM (link provided upon registration)
About the event
The manufacturing landscape has been changing recently with the adoption of Industry 4.0 principles. Defense manufacturers are responding rapidly to these principles and looking to embrace the digital age within the manufacturing shop floor. We’ll talk, at a very high level, about Northrop Grumman, defense manufacturing, and key topics we need academia to address. Further, we will discuss the Future Technical Leader (FTL) program that is a career advancement program hiring Masters and Ph.D students from top engineering colleges and universities. The FTL program allows for an employee to participate in three 12 month rotations around the company to experience all of that Northrop Grumman has to offer. The FTL program is currently hiring Masters and Ph.D students graduating in the 2021-2022 academic year.
About the speaker
Zach DeSmit received his Bachelors, Masters, and Ph.D in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech. He joined Northrop Grumman where he has held multiple roles in electronic warfare, cyber security, and cloud enablement. Currently, Zach is the lead architect for the enterprise digital manufacturing strategy where he works to establish an enterprise-wide strategy towards transforming manufacturing operations to embrace the digital age. As Zach lives in San Diego, in his free time he enjoys surfing, paddleboarding, and spending time in the water. Zach is also an avid tinker-er and woodworker with always one more project in mind than he can comfortably handle.
