Principal Engineer Mission Assurance

Northrop Grumman • Philadelphia, PA

2d • $114,000 - $171,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer Mission Assurance to support an established production program within the Marine Systems Business Unit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The role partners with Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, subcontractors, suppliers, and the customer.

The engineer defines and monitors mission assurance program specifications and processes to support mission success. The role performs or assures quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability activities in accordance with contractual requirements; assesses program performance and risks; and determines resources needed for mission assurance. The successful candidate works independently and with multidisciplinary teams to identify and resolve quality issues, assess risks and opportunities, provide objective evidence of product conformity, and help ensure contractual, technical, quality, safety, reliability, maintainability, and customer requirements are met.

The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship. Travel is required approximately 10% of the time. Relocation assistance may be available. The primary-level salary range is $114,000–$171,000. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM-related field and at least 5 years of experience in quality, mission assurance, manufacturing, engineering, program execution, or a related environment; alternatively, a master’s degree and at least 3 years of experience.
• Experience applying quality engineering principles and practices in an established production environment.
• Program quality experience.
• Experience reviewing and verifying requirements and contractual flow-downs in contracts, specifications, drawings, work instructions, supplier documentation, or other technical documentation.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• Experience interpreting technical drawings and Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting program business execution in an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) environment, including CEAC or EAC development, variance analysis, forecasts, risks, opportunities, and corrective-action planning.
• Experience supporting proposals and capture activities, including developing Quality or Mission Assurance approaches, schedules, risks, staffing estimates, and Basis of Estimate documentation.
• Experience serving as a Quality or Mission Assurance lead for production of complex machinery, structures, propulsion, electrical-generation, or electromechanical systems.
• Experience applying quality assurance, risk-management, APQP, process FMEA, control-plan, Critical-to-Quality, process-capability, and structured root cause and corrective action methodologies in a production environment.
• Experience performing or reviewing First Article Inspections and working with suppliers and Supplier Quality to resolve supply-chain quality issues and verify effective corrective-action closure.
• Experience supporting technical and production reviews, requirements verification and traceability, contract reviews, and development of compliance evidence or assurance work products.
• Experience developing and presenting program quality metrics, variance and trend analyses, risk assessments, and improvement or recovery plans to customers and program leadership.
• Experience supporting internal audits, customer audits, government reviews, or Quality Management System surveillances.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.
• Active Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to support program mission success.
• Perform or assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability activities in accordance with contractual requirements.
• Assess program performance and risks, and determine resources needed to ensure mission assurance.
• Partner with Program Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Supplier Quality, subcontractors, suppliers, and customers.
• Identify and resolve quality issues; assess program risks and opportunities; and provide objective evidence of product conformity.
• Help ensure contractual, technical, quality, safety, reliability, maintainability, and customer requirements are met.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Savings plan
• Company-paid holidays
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• Potential eligibility for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus
• Relocation assistance may be available

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal