Mission Assurance Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Mission Assurance Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be onsite in Melbourne, FL. 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 a program and mission assurance team during the Engineering Manufacture and Development (EMD) phase.

Deliver focused efforts in design review, nonconforming material processing, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, manufacturing, flight operations, research and development as they apply to the mission assurance statement of work.

Prepare malfunction and corrective action reports while holding manufacturing accountable for root cause and corrective action deliverables. Review all necessary product and system documentation to ensure process compliance and requirement needs are met. Work closely with program partners to validate flow of requirements. Plan and develop the required processes to identify potential product performance impacts as early as possible. Deliver product development engagement through oversight of processes, procedures and standard adherence to ensure that product design continuously meets customer requirements.

Oversee product qualification testing and provide guidance when needed. Provide program integration testing oversight via test procedure review, test witnessing, troubleshooting and buy off.

Execute functions through compliance review of Supplier Data Requirements Lists, Acceptance Test Procedures, Qualification Test Procedures, Supplier Statement of Work, Program Specifications. Perform audits to identify deficiencies, nonconformances, and negative performance trends and failures. High level organizational skills to support concurrent taskings along with strong computer skills with a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities:

• Support inspection, software and supplier quality teams to drive quality into the design to ensure robust verification and validation processes.

• Participate in root cause and corrective action (RCCA) investigations to address non-conformances, ensuring effective resolution and continuous improvement.

• Develop non-conformance processing skills to initiate, disposition and collaborate with internal and external customers.

• Build fact based decision points through daily/weekly metrics and reviews.

• Support product qualification through execution of AS9100 FAI process.

• Partner with manufacturing operations to ensure quality standards are met.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) discipline

• 2 years of work experience in design review and modeling tools, such as NX

• Experience in AS9100 nonconforming material processing

• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis processes.

• As a condition of employment, the candidate must have an active Secret or inactive Secret clearance with an investigation within the last 10 years, and the ability to obtain and maintain an active Top-Secret clearance per business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Engineering, Manufacturing,…