Manager Mission Assurance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

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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.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Mission Assurance Manager 2 based in Sunnyvale, CA.

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This is an on-site position. We do offer flexible work schedules such as 9/80.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.

You will lead Quality and Mission Assurance activities for new design-focused programs within Marine Systems’ Machinery Systems Operating Unit. The position will lead a team focused on integrating Design Quality and Design Assurance throughout requirements development, system architecture, design maturation, technical reviews, verification planning, manufacturability/inspectability, and transition to production.

As a key leader, partner and essential member of the Quality and Mission Assurance leadership team in the Machinery Systems Operating Unit, you will lead a high performing team of mission assurance engineers, quality engineers, quality analysts and other mission assurance personnel to support company operations and achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.

The successful candidate will - individually and through their team - help programs demonstrate design maturity, retire technical and mission-assurance risks early, establish credible verification strategies, and transition robust, producible designs into subsequent development and production phases.

What you will get to do:

Leads Design Quality and Design Assurance activities for preliminary-design programs, ensuring quality and mission-assurance requirements are incorporated into system architecture, requirements, design analyses, trade studies, technical reviews, verification planning, and risk-management activities.

Partners with Program Management, Systems Engineering, Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and customers to establish objective evidence of design maturity and identify technical, producibility, supplier, and mission-assurance risks before they affect downstream execution.

Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are in place to assure the performance and quality of products with conformance to established standards, specifications and customer requirements

Leads efforts to identify and mitigate design, producibility, supplier, quality, and performance risks through early engineering engagement, APQP methods, Design FMEAs, process FMEAs, Critical-to-Quality characteristics, design reviews, and supplier engagement.

Leads root cause and corrective action analyses (RCCA) and failure investigations for high-impact issues and teaches/coaches/mentors personnel in use of RCCA for lower-risk or lower-complexity issues.

Manages program budgets, schedules, program EACs and performance using Earned Value Management for the…