Mission Assurance Manager

Overview

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time

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 sector has an opening for a Mission Assurance Manager 2 located in Melbourne, FL
. The selected candidate must be an inclusive and collaborative leader with the ability to influence others at all levels and have demonstrated leadership skills leading multi-discipline teams. The candidate must have a track record in mentoring, skills development and driving organizational change with successful, quantified business results. The candidate must be able to establish a strong, collaborative, working relationship with quality operations, program (Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program Management) leadership, and customer.

• Develop and provide mission assurance resources (people/skills, tools, services, processes, and business systems) needed to represent quality engineering and analyst disciplines in support of site and programmatic demands.

• Collaborate with Functional Home Room and Program Quality Leadership on professional development, mentoring, on-the-job training and supporting/driving process compliance

• Connect team efforts to company, sector and program goals by creating an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences.

• Act with agility to business needs and interact in a collaborative way to empower diverse, cross functional teams, to achieve positive results.

• Routinely prepare and brief senior company and customer (USG/DCMA) leadership on complex quality issues.

• Drive effective Root Cause and Corrective Actions (RCCA) by providing the appropriate quality tools (ex.: fishbone diagrams, Fault Tree analysis, 5-why analysis, etc.) and lean/six sigma/agile processes.

• Continuously seek out process improvement opportunities within the business to reduce defects and streamline quality efforts.

• Champion mission assurance transformational initiatives when requested.

• Ensure Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry and customer standards (e.g., command media, AS9100, ISO
  9001, 8210.1C).

• Participate in supported program(s) planning and execution when requested, to include development of quality processes and tools tailored to the phase of the program, customer requirements and overall trends and/or risks.

• Deliver quality management system audit capabilities to provide deficiency identification and correction, ensuring quality standards are in place.

• Participate in budget and cost performance activities to support program EVM targets.

• Managethe hiring and onboarding of new employees, ensuring the selection of individuals who possess the necessary skills and experience to succeed within the team''s objectives.

• STEM Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 9 years of experience, STEM Master’s degree with a minimum of 7 years of experience, or STEM PhD degree with a minimum of 5 years of experience) with experience in Aircraft, Aerospace or Manufacturing Industries in a Quality Environment.

• 5 or more years of Leadership/Supervisory experience.

• Experience with Engineering, Manufacturing, Change Management and Program Integration.

• Quality Assurance leadership experience with enforcement of AS9100 standards.

• Fluent in process improvement…