Principal Engineer Mission Assurance Level 3/4

Northrop Grumman

80d • $95,300 - $142,900

About The Position

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. We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal Engineer Mission Assurance / Sr. Principal Engineer Mission Assurance based out of Salt Lake City, UT.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree and 5 years of Test, Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality experience; or a Master's Degree and 3 years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management System or certification in process.
• Experience with creating and dispositioning nonconforming material reports.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams to resolve problems or issues.

Nice To Haves

• Active Secret or Top Secret Clearance.
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with the Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Experience with interpreting and presenting quality metrics.
• Experience working with electrical or mechanical design requirements and specifications (IPC, J-STD, MIL-STD).
• Experience with printed circuit boards (PCB’s).
• Experience in manufacturing circuit card assemblies (CCA’s) utilizing surface mount technologies.
• Experience with how circuit card assemblies are produced and current understanding of design and manufacturability challenges.
• Experience performing drawing reviews and using modeling tools such as MES, NX, TeamCenter.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience executing AS9102 First Article Inspections.

Responsibilities

• Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of responsible programs.
• Support the development, implementation and maintenance of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS) including performing internal audits to assess conformance.
• 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 flown down internally and 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 on key metrics.
• Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, and Problem-Solving activities on program-specific, quality system and business system deficiencies.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Perform statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life and disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree