Principal Mission Assurance Engineer — Secret Clearance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE

Relocation assistance may be available

Yes

Secret

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 is currently seeking a Principal/Sr Principal Mission Assurance (MA) Engineer to provide support to our Roy, UT based Sentinel Team.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

• Qualified candidate will support MA functions to ensure mission success through technical reviews of all program drawings, contract, and requirements documents as required.
• Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability of Sentinel achievements.
• Assess program performance and risks, and determines resources to ensure mission assurance.
• Assist the Program Quality Managers (PQM) with all Sentinel Mission Assurance/Program Management requirements.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the Program Quality Plans.
• Assign program tasks to the functional area PQE’s.
• Lead and facilitate Sentinel program FRBs, ensuring identification of root cause and proper implementation of corrective actions and reach back and reach across.
• Assist PQM in preparation and execution on of Program Preventive and Corrective Action Board (PCAB).
• Develop and maintain Sentinel Program Metrics.
• Assist in the preparation of the Program Management/Program Review packages.
• Support PQM with Sentinel Customer Corrective Action Requests.
• Support IPT MA & QE in Conditional Acceptance requirements and flow down.
• Monitor timely closure of Conditionally Accepted hardware and work corrective actions with IPT MA & QEs.
• Perform acceptance of functional and integrated test events.

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
• 401k
• Educational Assistance
• Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
• Paid Time Off
• Health & Wellness Resources
• Employee Discounts

This position’s standard work schedule is a 9/80A. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

• Principal Mission Assurance Engineer: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD
• Senior Principal Mission Assurance Engineer: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD
• Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need.
• Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (AS9100, ISO 9001, or Military Quality Assurance).
• Experience with Mission Assurance Engineering and Quality Engineering practices.
• Experience in Aerospace/Missile Systems/Sub-Systems design, development, test, or sustainment.

• Understanding of Model Based Systems Engineering concepts
• Experience with PM&P
• Experience with Configuration Management/Data Management
• Experience with manufacturing and test quality assurance processes
• Experience with Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA) and Material Review Board (MRB)
• Experience quality management systems to support program processes, audits, and improvement
• Experience in process monitoring, data collection,…