Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

Relocation assistance may be available

No clearance required for start

Clearance type:
Secret

Travel:
Yes, 10% of the time

Location:

Sunnyvale, CA – On-site only

As a Mission Assurance professional for Quality and Mission Assurance, you are committed to treating all people with respect, modeling personal growth, and championing continuous development for your team. You act with integrity, ensure ethical standards, build trusted partner relationships, and prioritize effective communication. You deliver excellence, strive for continuous improvement, and respond vigorously to change, ensuring that the teams you support have the information and tools they need for optimal performance.

• Interpret customer technical and MA requirements, internal quality requirements, and integrate these into program plans, quality plans, specifications, and product drawings.
• Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements.
• Represent Mission Assurance at program reviews and review boards, including Configuration Control Boards (CCB), Material Review Boards (MRB), Program Management Reviews (PMR), Design/Peer Reviews, Manufacturing/Test Readiness Reviews, and Corrective Action Boards (CAB).
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Drive solutions to technical and process problems with cross‑functional teams.
• Develop Basis of Estimates to ensure sufficient Quality oversight on key Development and Sustainment captures and programs.
• Drive concepts such as Design Quality, Cost of Quality, and FMEA to improve quality.
• Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis and problem‑solving activities on program‑specific quality system and business system deficiencies.
• Perform statistical analysis to assess costs and determine responsibility for parts that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Assess program performance and risks; develop handling plans for Quality risks and opportunities.
• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS), including external audits and internal audits.
• Review practices, procedures, and processes to identify opportunities for improving efficiency, effectiveness, and reducing risk to product quality and personnel.
• Provide oversight in discrepancy review and failure investigations, determine causes and corrective actions, analyze trends, and execute improvements on key metrics.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field with a minimum of 5 years of experience in Quality, Quality Engineering, Program Management, Engineering Management or Manufacturing; (or 3 or more years of experience with a Master’s degree).
• Experience with quality engineering principles, manufacturing operations, product inspection, test & evaluation, reliability, root cause analysis, defect analysis, inspection methods, control of nonconforming material, product sell‑off, shipping and product support as they apply to quality.
• Experience with ISO 9001 / AS9100 Quality Management System certification process.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required.

• BS Degree in an engineering discipline with a Master’s degree in an engineering or management field.
• Experience with Marine Machinery and Propulsion/Power Generation Hardware (or similar) and related manufacturing, inspection and test processes.
• Defense Industry experience as a Program or Project Manager, Quality Manager, Engineering Manager or Manufacturing Management.
• Lean / Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification to drive continuous improvement.
• CAM/Earned Value certification.
• Active DoD Secret clearance.

Primary Level Salary Range: $ – $

The above salary range is a general guideline;
Northrop Grumman considers factors such as scope of responsibilities, candidate experience, education, skills and market conditions when determining base salary offers.

Benefits include health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company paid holidays, and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and personal business.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit  U.S. citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category:
Engineering