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Northrop Grumman · 1 month ago

Mission Assurance Engineer – Level 3 or Level 4 - R10217007

Linthicum Heights, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$109K/yr - $163K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a leading company in technological advancements, seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to join their Space Sector team. The role involves establishing quality assurance programs, supporting mission assurance processes, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements while working onsite in Linthicum, MD.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain Quality Assurance programs, procedures and controls ensuring that products and services conform to company standards of excellence

Support the development, implementation and maintenance of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS) including performing internal audits to assess conformance

Interface with suppliers in the verification of product design, quality and reliability

Review practices, procedures and processes seeking ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce risk to product quality

Interpret customer technical and MA requirements, and ensure these requirements are integrated into program plans, specifications and product drawings

Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally to the production floor and externally to suppliers

Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements

Provide oversight into discrepancy review and failure investigations, as well as cause and corrective action determinations

Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements using data from key metrics

Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, and problem-solving activities on program-specific, quality system and business system deficiencies

Represent Mission Assurance at various program reviews and review boards including but not limited to Configuration Control Board (CCB), Material Review Board (MRB), Program Management Reviews (PMR), design/peer reviews, Manufacturing/Test Readiness Reviews (MRR/TRR) and Corrective Action Board (CAB)

Ensure risk management activities (including design/process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis dFMEA/pFMEA) are executed according to standards and procedures

Qualification

Mission AssuranceRequirements AnalysisSpace Systems EngineeringQuality AssuranceRoot Cause AnalysisLeadership SkillsProblem SolvingTime ManagementPresentation SkillsNegotiation Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of professional experience – OR – Master's degree with 3 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 1 year of professional experience. Will consider an additional 9+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

Experience in Mission Assurance in either HW/SW/Systems

Experience in evaluation, trace, and analysis of requirements

Experience in working with various elements/segments of space program performance

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. Will consider an additional 12+ years of experience in lieu of degree

Requires an active Top-Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) clearance at time of application

Experience in Mission Assurance in either HW/SW/Systems

Experience in evaluation, trace, and analysis of requirements

Experience in working with various elements/segments of space program performance

Preferred

10+ years systems engineering experience with at least 5 years working space systems engineering

Experience with requirements development, flow-down, analysis, verification and validation

Quality Assurance experience with payload, spacecraft bus, antenna, integration and test, launch, ground systems, operations and maintenance activities

Experience with development, integration, and testing of integrated space systems

Leadership skills to develop proposals for Government and Commercial customers

Ability to work independently, determine and develop approach to solutions

Evidence of problem solving and time management skills

Experience working with multi-disciplined teams

Excellent presentation skills and negotiation skills