Northrop Grumman · 4 weeks ago
Staff Engineer Mission Assurance 14706-1 - R10216801
Northrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company, seeking a Program Mission Assurance Staff Engineer to support their Sentinel Team. The role involves ensuring mission success through technical reviews, quality assurance, and risk management for various program requirements.
AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity
Responsibilities
Support MA functions to ensure mission success through technical reviews of all program drawings, contract, and requirements documents as required
Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability of Sentinel achievements
Assess program performance and risks, and determines resources to ensure mission assurance
Assist the Program Quality Managers (PQM) with all Sentinel Mission Assurance/Program Management requirements
Develop, implement, and maintain the Program Quality Plans
Assign program tasks to the functional area PQE’s
Lead and facilitate Sentinel program FRBs, ensuring identification of root cause and proper implementation of corrective actions and reach back and reach across
Assist PQM in preparation and execution on of Program Preventive and Corrective Action Board (PCAB)
Develop and maintain Sentinel Program Metrics
Assist in the preparation of the Program Management/Program Review packages
Support PQM with Sentinel Customer Corrective Action Requests
Support IPT MA & QE in Conditional Acceptance requirements and flow down
Monitor timely closure of Conditionally Accepted hardware and work corrective actions with IPT MA & QEs
Perform acceptance of functional and integrated test events
Qualification
Required
Must have an active U.S. Government DoD Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with an ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) approval within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business need
Bachelor's degree and 12 years' experience OR a Master's Degree and 10 years of experience OR PhD Degree and 8 years of experience
4 years experience with Mission Assurance Engineering or Quality Assurance Engineering practices
Working knowledge of Quality Management Systems (AS9100/ISO 9001/Military Quality Assurance)
Understanding of Model Based Systems Engineering concepts
4 years experience in process monitoring, data collection, analysis, and metrics reporting for overall program and segments
Preferred
Experience with Technical Baseline Management
Experience with Parts, Materials & Processes
Experience with Specialty Engineering
Experience with manufacturing and test quality assurance processes
Experience with Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA)
Experience quality management systems to support program processes, audits, and improvement
Experience with program PCAB and driving process improvements
Benefits
Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts
Company
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is an aerospace, defense and security company that provides training and satellite ground network communications software.
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.7BKey Investors
U.S. Department of DefenseNASA
2025-05-27Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2024-01-29Post Ipo Debt· $2.5B
2023-12-20Grant· $72M
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