Manager Mission Assurance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be 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.

Description

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Manager Mission Assurance 2 . This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports Advanced Programs .

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get To Do:

The selected Mission Assurance Manager will be responsible for all Quality and Mission Assurance activities across the entire Advanced Programs portfolio (under the Strategic Deterrent Systems Division) in Roy, UT and will report to the ICBM Sustainment and Advanced Programs Mission Assurance Sr Manager. This MA Manager will be responsible for leading a team of Mission Assurance Engineers and Quality Inspectors who, together, support various Independent Research and Development (IRAD) efforts across the SDS division.

Maintaining overall program compliance to industry and government standards and practices, while tailoring efforts to a rapid and ever-changing IRAD environment will be the primary focus of this individual’s responsibilities and tasking.

Specific duties to include, but are not limited to the following:

Leadership

• Leading and mentoring the Mission Assurance program team and fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the organization.

• Establishing Mission Assurance continuity, vision and direction across a portfolio of projects/programs with competing priorities and resources.

• Planning and monitoring work operations of individual contributors and actively assisting or providing clear direction using established policies, procedures, and practices.

• Leading and participating in root cause and corrective action analyses (RCCA) and failure investigations for high impact issues and mentoring personnel in the use of RCCA for lower-level issues.

Execution

• Establishing and maintaining compliance with Quality Management System (QMS) policies, procedures, and processes to ensure the performance and quality of products conform to established standards, specifications and customer requirements.

• Collaborating with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supplier Mission Assurance and Global Supply Chain to ensure quality is inherent in every requirement, design, work product, and end-product delivered by Northrop Grumman.

• Identifying potential risks related to hardware and software products and developing mitigation strategies.

• Analyzing and identifying gaps in project/program requirements and helping to drive proactive solutions in a leading-edge technology arena.

• Managing non-conforming material life cycle (inspection through MRB disposition, customer notification, etc.).

• Developing and delivering quality-related content/presentations to program leadership and other stakeholders.

• Developing, modifying, and maintaining quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. This includes devising methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment, conducting quality assurance tests, and performing statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

• Collecting, analyzing and reporting key…