Manager Mission Assurance

Description

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 - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for a Program Manager Mission Assurance 2 who will be supporting the Global Mission Solutions Business Unit to join our team in Baltimore, Maryland.

This position is required to be on site at Baltimore, Maryland.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Collaborates with engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and program functions to ensure quality standards are in place and program quality is controlled. The Program Mission Assurance Manager 2 oversees a team of quality engineers supporting across deliverable products and contracts to facilitate on time, compliant deliveries.

• As a manager, they ensure quality assurance tests are in place; and aids the team in performing statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

• They collaborate with Supply Chain and Supplier Mission Assurance to ensure timely disposition of supplier issues.

• In addition, they serve as the program interface to the customer quality organization.

• Ensure that Root Cause Corrective Action activities are performed when required and that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

• Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.

• May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.

• May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies. Supervisory or management responsibilities for more than one functional area in the Mission and Quality Assurance job family.

The ideal candidate must be able to communicate in a team environment, have strong work ethic, and strong project management skill set.

Basic Qualifications for the Manager Mission Assurance 2:

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of quality, engineering or manufacturing work experience, Master’s with 6 years of quality or manufacturing work experience;
  Associates Degree with 10 years of quality or manufacturing work experience;
  OR 12 years of quality or manufacturing experience in lieu degree.

• Experience working with Government agencies.

• Experienced background in Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) or 8D activities.

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

• US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ISO 9001/AS9100 Quality Management System certification process

• Experienced in performing or leading FAIs and Program Corrective Action Boards (PCAB)

• Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification

• CAM experience (Cost Account Manager)

• Secret SAP Clearance

• Active DoD secret clearance

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