Consulting Mission Assurance Engineer

• Serve as a technical authority and advisor on programs’ Mission Assurance approach, regulatory requirements, and customer-specific mandates
• Partner across engineering, manufacturing, contracts, programs, and supply chain to ensure executability and compliance
• Drive continuous improvement and risk reduction
• Translate requirements into business outcomes and influence stakeholder behavior
• Lead assessments and develop execution strategies
• Guide implementation across programs
• Conduct comprehensive gap analyses and maturity assessments for Mission Assurance Program execution
• Support proposals and interpret regulatory and contractual requirements
• Evaluate the organization’s ability to meet customer requirements
• Support negotiations of terms and conditions concerning regulatory flow downs
• Mentor and train personnel on Mission Assurance approaches
• Serve as a non-advocate in resolving complex requirements interpretation
• Support ethics investigations involving requirements interpretation
• Maintain current knowledge of regulations, standards, and industry best practices and disseminate insights internally
• Potentially serve on industry boards
• Influence stakeholders through excellent written and verbal communication
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Travel 25% of the time

• Bachelor’s degree with 16 years of professional experience OR Master’s degree with 14 years of professional experience OR PhD with 12 years of professional experience
• Active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope
• Ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access
• Experience in design and manufacturing, or technology environment
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects
• Experience with proposal development and contract negotiation
• Demonstrated ability to navigate teams through conflict resolution
• Experience with multiple industry standards across aerospace and manufacturing
• Strong facilitation skills leading workshops and VSM sessions
• Top Secret clearance with SCI preferred
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer preferred
• Advanced knowledge and application of industry standards and requirements preferred
• Extensive experience with Space Flight programs through design, manufacturing, test, delivery and support preferred
• Experience briefing executive leadership on the interpretation of requirements preferred
• U.S. Citizenship required for positions with a government clearance

Demonstrates expertise in Mission Assurance approaches, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder influence, with a strong focus on continuous improvement and risk reduction across engineering and manufacturing environments.

• Mission Assurance Expertise
• Regulatory Compliance
• Proposal Development
• Project Management
• Conflict Resolution

• Gap Analysis
• Maturity Assessment
• Contract Negotiation
• Design and Manufacturing Experience
• Industry Standards Knowledge
• Space Flight Program Experience
• Workshop Facilitation
• VSM Session Leadership

• Excellent Written Communication
• Excellent Verbal Communication
• Mentoring and Training

• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
• Top Secret Security Clearance
• SCI Approval/Access

• Aerospace
• Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement
• Risk Reduction
• Stakeholder Engagement