Manager Quality Engineering
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Quality Engineering, Engineering Design & Technologists
Requisition : R
Category: Engineering
Location: Corinne, Utah, United States of America | Clearfield, Utah, United States of America | Magna, Utah, United States of America
Clearance Type: None
Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1
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 Space Systems designs, builds, and delivers space, defense, and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.
We are currently seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead a team of Tooling Quality Engineers in support of the Bacchus, Clearfield, Copper Crossing, and Promontory campuses.
This individual will oversee a team of engineers supporting a broad range of propulsion system products for NASA, commercial, and strategic programs.
Role description & Responsibilities:
The Quality Engineering Manager is responsible to:
Provide leadership and oversight of approximately 15 engineers, across four campuses, responsible for the verification of tooling quality.
Utilize effective talent management strategies to attract, retain, develop, and engage outstanding people for the organization.
Be the face of Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) to the applicable internal and external customers, including Navy, NASA, AF, LM, DCMA.
Develop, communicate, and implement vision, strategy, goals and metrics to achieve business objectives for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, schedule, cost, and continuous improvement.
Represent and communicate S&MA technical capabilities and technologies to internal and external customers.
Manage workloads, ensure staffing needs are fulfilled, and programs are appropriately resourced.
Ensure leadership and key subject matter expert succession plans are in place and be proactive by coaching and mentoring key talent to assume increased responsibilities.
Responsible for establishing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with other technical Propulsion Systems organizations including other groups in S&MA, Tooling Design, Operations, Process Engineering, Science and Engineering, and Program Management.
Manage material and labor budgets.
Minimum Requirements:
- Candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum 8 years of experience (6 years with a Master’s) in an engineering or related technical field. Experience may be used in lieu of education in certain instances.
- General knowledge of Quality Engineering and Quality Assurance roles.
- Demonstrated team leadership skills – formal engineering or operations leadership experience and/or significant technical projects or investigations.
- Demonstrated ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and with internal and external customers.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities, including the ability to coach, develop, and mentor others.
- Ability to drive change through creating, sustaining and improving standards and procedures.
- Broad understanding of NG command media, including the need for compliance.
- Ability to…
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