Staff Mission Assurance Engineer

Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required. Travel: 10% of the time.

About the role

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. This position will be onsite in Melbourne, FL supporting a new program.

You will directly support the Mission Assurance Program Manager (MAPM) by executing and overseeing quality-first technical support, independent of Engineering, through early intervention. Support program and mission assurance teams during the Engineering Manufacture and Development (EMD) phase. This role will be operationally focused and drive collaborative efforts across various Integrated Product Teams (IPT), including System Test, through team integration and involvement at all levels.

Validate program objectives are being met through participation and oversight of task performance, historical data reviews, process reviews, inspection, auditing, testing, and product evaluation. Deliver focused efforts in design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, manufacturing, flight operations, research, and development as they apply to the mission assurance statement of work.

Evaluate and support corrective measures to ensure process revision meets acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with program requirements. These functions will be supported through personal and team review of Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRL), Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP), Qualification Test Procedures (QTP), Supplier Statement of Work (SSOW), Program Specifications (PSPEC), etc. for compliance to requirements. When necessary, attend gateway events such as Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), Integrated Review Board (IRB), Test Readiness Review (TRR), Critical Design Review (CDR), etc.

Facilitate audits to identify quality-related deficiencies, evaluate non-conformances, and negative performance trends and failures; lead root cause and corrective actions necessary to prevent future reoccurrence. This position requires high-level organizational skills to support concurrent taskings along with strong computer skills and proficiency in Design Tools, Atlassian Tools, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Engage with design engineering team(s) to ensure requirements are met.
• Provide operational support and execution oversight via Supplier Management Teams, Subcontract Administrators, Supplier Quality, Quality Field Engineers, Responsible Engineers (RE), Test Engineers, Safety Engineers, Materials and Process Engineers, and Reliability Engineers to confirm compliance to quality standards and contractual requirements.
• Collaborate with inspection, software, and supplier quality teams to drive quality into the design to ensure robust verification and validation processes.
• Track and facilitate root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations to address non-conformances, ensuring effective resolution and continuous improvement.
• Track, oversee, and process non-conformances from initiation through disposition, via collaboration with internal and external customers.
• Ensure delivery of fact-based decision points to leadership through daily/weekly metrics and reviews.
• Study Failure Modes Effects and Analysis (FMEA) to plan and develop required processes to identify potential product performance impacts as early as possible.
• Oversee product qualification and provide guidance when needed.
• Deliver product integration and testing oversight via manufacturing support, test procedure review, test witnessing, troubleshooting, and buy-off.
• Collaborate with manufacturing operations to ensure quality standards are in place.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) discipline with 12 years of experience in Engineering and/or quality background with heavy lab and testing environment support/oversight; 10 years with a Master’s; 8 years with a PhD.
• Significant experience/knowledge in Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Nonconforming Material, Systems Engineering, and Requirements Development.
• High-level knowledge in Risk Management processes and toolsets.
• Quality Assurance oversight experience with enforcement of AS9100 standards.
• Fluent in Agile, Lean Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance (in-scope).
• Extensive experience engaging manufacturing on the shop floor to provide solutions.

Pay

Primary level salary range: $152,900.00 - $229,300.00. The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills, and current market conditions. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.