Principal​/Senior Principal Mission Assurance Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
No

CLEARANCE TYPE: SAP

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.

At the heart of who we are, Northrop Grumman is a leading American manufacturing company delivering advanced technologies in support of national security. Our manufacturing operations in Waynesboro, Virginia support production of advanced electronics, radar, and communication systems within our broader portfolio of defense capabilities. Our teams work collaboratively to ensure manufacturing excellence, production readiness, and continuous improvement across programs.

We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Mission Assurance Engineer or a Senior Principal Mission Assurance Engineer to support production and manufacturing operations at our Central Virginia manufacturing facilities.

As a Mission Assurance Engineer , you will implement Quality Assurance Program Plans for individual programs addressing design, manufacturing, integration, and test activities in accordance with company and contractual requirements.

You will address technical issues, meet program requirements and ensure mission success.

• Provide Mission Assurance oversight of production processes and supporting activities.
• Execute Safety and Quality Assurance programs, procedures and controls ensuring that products and services conform to company standards of excellence.
• Adjudicate and process preliminary and final dispositions for product and service non-conformances.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of Mission Assurance policies and procedures.
• Interface with suppliers in the verification of product design and reliability.
• Process non-conformances and issue and manage Corrective Actions Requests.
• Interpret customer technical and Mission Assurance requirements to ensure these requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product drawings.
• Provide oversight in non-conformance review, failure investigations, root cause, corrective action and preventive action determinations.
• Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements on key metrics.
• Represent Mission Assurance at program reviews and review boards including Configuration Control Board (CCB), Corrective Action Board (CAB) and Material Review Board (MRB).
• Ensure Risk Management activities (DFMEA, PFMEA, Risk Boards) are executed according to standards and procedures.
• Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers, ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements.
• Review and approve design documentation (Qualification Reports, Drawings, ATPs, BOMs, etc.).
• Review and approve production documentation (assembly instructions, MOs and rework instructions).
• Provide oversight in receiving inspection activities of supplier provided material.
• Interface with and support DCMA activities including audits and Government Source Inspection (GSI).
• Interface with customers, suppliers, and with Integration & Test and Engineering organizations to identify and resolve mission/flight assurance issues.
• Provide support to Mission Assurance Management in review of various activities including ensuring AS9100D compliance throughout site policies, procedures and practices.

This position is contingent upon…