Mission Assurance Manager

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate and partner with internal program management, engineering, manufacturing, quality, operational functions, to ensure program performance, quality, cost, and schedule requirements are met and risks are adequately managed.
• Interface and partner with external customer quality assurance to resolve non-conformances, notifications, RCCAs, and requests for deviation/waiver.
• Actively participate in design, manufacturing, test, shipment, and other readiness reviews and evaluations.
• Perform proposal reviews for and lead the implementation and delivery of mission and product assurance Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) deliverables.
• Provide leadership to identify, evaluate, mitigate and monitor issues and risks in collaboration with program management, engineering, manufacturing, and operations.
• Participate in Material Review Board, Engineering Review Board, and Failure Review Board activities as required.
• Track non-conformance status to ensure notification, disposition, periodic reporting, and closure prior to program delivery.
• Perform internal reviews to ensure modules are acceptable for delivery to programs.
• Collaborate with Mission Assurance stakeholders including system and reliability engineers, parts engineering, and technical subject matter experts.
• May perform reliability analyses, failure analyses and/or root cause analyses (RCCA) as needed to improve design, production, and support program deliverables.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or relevant STEM discipline or engineering Associate’s degree with at least 8 years of aerospace Mission Assurance experience
• 3-5 years of experience in a key Mission Assurance or Product Assurance role
• Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Quality Assurance, System Safety Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or Parts, Materials and Processes (PM&P) Engineering
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and processes
• Demonstrated teamwork with strong written and verbal communications skills
• Ability to communicate across organizational boundaries and at all levels
• Experience implementing Mission Assurance and Quality-related industry, government and European standards
• U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance

Additional Differentiators

• Bachelor's degree in an electrical engineering or EEE discipline
• Master’s degree in engineering, physical sciences, or business administration
• 6+ years of Mission Assurance experience in aerospace industry
• Experience with aerospace customers and their mission/product assurance standards
• Concept-to-design-to-manufacturing-to-delivery experience with spacecraft missions
• Understanding of satellites, payloads, and ground systems used for space vehicles
• Software quality experience

About Terran Orbital

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil, and commercial customers. Learn more at www.terranorbital.com.