Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance (Space/Satellite Systems)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Top 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.

The Tactical Space Systems Division within Northrop Grumman Space Systems pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the Space sector while providing a decisive advantage to the customer. Come be a part of our mission.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a talented Mission Assurance Engineer to join our Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) team.

In this role you will implement and enforce mission/flight assurance plans for individual spacecraft flight hardware programs addressing design, manufacturing, integration, and test activities in accordance with company and contractual requirements. You will work as a member of an integrated product team inside of the NG Safety & Mission Assurance organization. Within this organization, you will work with various disciplines to address technical issues, meet program requirements, and ensure mission success. You will interface with customers, vendors, and with NG Manufacturing, Integration & Test, and Engineering organizations to identify and resolve mission/flight assurance issues.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Implements and administers an effective Safety and Mission Assurance program in compliance with applicable customer contracts and other guidelines set forth by Flight Systems Group requirements throughout the contract life cycle. An understanding of basic requirement traceability principles will be paramount for this duty.
• Ensures contractual program requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers, ensures compliance with customer contract, industry, and organizational requirements. Performs verification and validation requirements have been met.
• Maintains close engagement with:
  • the Supplier Quality organization to drive improvements from key suppliers.
  • the Software Assurance organization to drive improvements during the Software Development Life Cycle.
  • the Design Assurance organization to drive improvements during the selection and implementation of Parts, Materials and Processes.
  • the Configuration Management organization to ensure the implementation of document and data control requirements
  • the Product Assurance organization to ensure the implementation of workmanship requirements, quality oversight and effective work center corrective action when issues arise
  • The EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) organization to ensure a safe workplace for personnel and operations

• Reviews practices, procedures, and processes, seeking avenues to improve efficiency and effectiveness, reducing risk to product quality
• Interprets technical and mission assurance requirements, ensuring integration to program plans, specifications and product drawings as well as verification of implementation.
• Provide oversight in discrepancy identification, failure investigations, and cause / corrective action implementation. Leads failure and problem-solving analyses
• Represents Mission Assurance at various review boards including Configuration Control Board (CCB), Engineering Change Board (ECR), Risk and Opportunity Management Board (ROMB), Corrective Action Board (CAB), Readiness Reviews, & Failure/Material Review Board (FRB/MRB)
• Supports tracking and reporting metrics, mission specific risk issues & develop, and present internal & external Mission Assurance briefings.
• Understand the definition of risk and be able to quantify it. Also ensure Risk Management activities are executed and maintained according to standards and procedures.
• Communicates the impacts and execution of program efforts, division quality, and contract requirements to all levels of the o