Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE: SCI

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.

Expand your horizons, advance your career, and contribute to a secure future for generations. Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector invites you to bring your pioneering spirit to our collaborative teams. As a Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance – Level 4 located in Baltimore, MD, you’ll be a linchpin in missions of paramount importance, defining the art of the possible from day one. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

   

In this role, you will partner with engineering, manufacturing, and program teams to drive quality standards, resolve technical issues, and support design, production, and customer review activities. The ideal candidate has experience in aerospace or space systems, a strong background in quality and mission assurance, and the ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring contractual and regulatory compliance.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Mission Assurance Engineer interprets customer technical and Mission Assurance requirements, and ensures these requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications, and product drawings.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Assists in the performance of independent quality reviews to ensure compliance with contractual and customer requirements.
• Represents Mission Assurance at different review boards including Configuration Control Board (CCB), Corrective Action Board (CAB), & Material Review Board (MRB).
• Internal quality requirements, and ensure these requirements are integrated into program SOW’s, plans, quality plans, specifications, and product drawings.
• Ensure program contract requirements are flown down internally and to suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements.
• Represent Mission Assurance at various program reviews and review boards including but not limited to Configuration Control Boards (CCB), Material Review Board (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 concepts like Cost of Quality, FMEA and similar measures designed to help drive improvement.
• Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, and Problem-Solving activities on program-specific, quality system and business system deficiencies.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS) including supporting external audits and performing internal audits to assess conformance.
• Review practices, procedures and processes seeking avenues to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce risk to product quality and personnel.
• Collect, analyze and report key performance indicator data/metrics and take appropriate action to mitigate risks and improve performance.
• Provide experience within manufacturing and test quality assurance processes

• Other duties as assigned

If this job description reads like it was written specifically for you, consider joining our team!

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 6 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 4 years of professional experience.   

• Requires an active U.S. Government Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope

• Relevant experience on space systems programs, such as payload, OR spacecraft bus, OR antenna, launch, ground syste