LRHW Program QA Sr. Mgr

Position: LRHW Program QA Sr. Mgr.
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* Description:

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In this role, you will uphold the Program Quality independent review authority for the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon  LRHW  program   This is a crucial time for the LRHW program as they support fielded hardware and increase production   This ties into world events in the news everyday and you will see how your work directly benefits out security as a nation

This role will be integrated with the leadership from the LRHW program, Theater Strike Weapon Systems  TSWS  mission segment and the Huntsville site

This position will be the "face" of Quality for our Army Customer and DCMA

You will interact with Production Quality, Production Operations, the Chie Engineers' office, Program Management,  Mission Assurance, and external POCs   The ability to understand hardware and software in development, production, and sustainment lifecycle phases will be critical to success in this role

You will report to the Strategic and Missile Defense  SMD  leadership and matrixed to the LRHW Program Director

This is a unique, strategic role with the opportunity to shape our Customers' view of Mission Assurance that builds on Lockheed Martin's world class legacy in strategic technology  We are the only company with a proven track record in this space and need a big leader to set a vision and execute on our commitments

Responsibilities include:

- Program Quality functional management, responsible for ownership for the Quality Management System on these critical programs  You will need to be a driving force to guide technical decisions for product development, production,  ground and flight test planning, and design maturity milestone reviews

- Mission Success support- advocate within the program, providing Quality support to the program Mission Success lead for risk assessments for mission success issues and being a back up for MS event management such as flight test preparation

- Quality & Process Subject Matter Expert  SME  - Provide expertise to the program to anticipate, predict, and prevent potential mission risk issues by resolving them as early in the program life cycle and at the lowest program level possible

- Working with Engineering and Operations, develop accurate and actionable processes and metrics to support high reliability, high rate production and on time delivery

- Failure Resolution Cognizance - Review all major anomalies for adequacy of root cause identification, corrective actions, validity of conclusions, and effectiveness of implemented corrective measures

- Potential Reach Across Cognizance - Ensure issues that have the potential of reach across to other Strategic Reentry Products and other missile development programs are known and communicated

- Facilitation of program quality related site wide actions and support as needed

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* Basic Qualifications:

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* - Bachelor's or Master's degree in science, engineering, or any other field from an accredited university

- Ability to work with production of quality products

- Hardware/software development or any other similar experiences

- Ability to drive closure and resolve technical issues/challenges

- Customer orientated by learning and understanding customers' missions, needs, and perspectives

- Willingness to travel

** Desired

Skills:

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* - Bachelor's or Master's degree in Science or Engineering preferred with 12  years of related experience

- Experience in strategic missile systems or ground launch systems

- Army or Navy mission and customer facing experience highly preferred

- Leadership of technical teams

- Experience across all aspects of the program lifecycle, such as design, development, flight test, and production

- Experience in working with the U S  Army or Navy Strategic Systems Program Offices

- Experience in working with the Defense Contracts Management Agency  DCMA

- Aptitude for Model Based Engineering, Agile processes, and Digital Transformation

- Demonstrated understanding of risk identification or mitigation

- Demonstrated Speak Up attitude and ability to influence technical leaders and program executives

- Active Top Secret or Secret Clearance

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