Sr Principal Quality Analyst

Northrop Grumman

75d • $98,100 - $147,100

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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Sr Principal Quality Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Melbourne, FL.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of experience, or a Master’s degree and 6 years of experience, or a PhD and 4 years of experience.
• Demonstratable experience in presenting to various levels of program leadership.
• Proficiency in technical problem solving, including root cause analysis, solution development, implementation, and monitoring.
• Proven effective planning, organizational, and communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders to include excellent verbal and written communication.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience and training in Earned Value Management System (EVMS) principles and application, or similar knowledge, or as a Cost Account Manager (CAM).
• Experience preparing and delivering briefings to Internal Team, Customer and Integrated Process Team (IPT) Leadership.
• In depth experience with Microsoft tools (Project, Excel, Office and PowerPoint).
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 10% to support business needs.
• Applicant must have a minimum current active in-scope DoD Secret security clearance at time of application with the ability to receive Program Access Request (PAR) prior to start.

Nice To Haves

• Experience as the Cost Account Manager (CAM) on a DoD earned value management-based program.
• Current Northrop Grumman EVMS certification.
• Experience writing BOEs, working on DoD based proposals, and compiling programmatic / technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and coordinate mission assurance plans and schedules for new or existing programs.
• Develop, monitor, and review cost, operational budget and schedule, and staffing requirements.
• Support and participate in earned value management, proposals, basis of estimate, estimate at complete.
• Analyze project needs and effects on various mission assurance areas such as quality engineering, quality inspection and quality support to determine the most practical and cost-efficient methods to resource.
• Integrate and resolve proposal preparation constraints through assessment of established plans and parameters.
• Formulate and recommend corrective measures such as schedule revisions, manpower adjustments, fund allocations, and work requirements.
• Ensure proposal planning, development, review and implementation is completed on time utilizing discreet planning efforts whenever possible to maximize mission assurance resource planning.
• Collaborate with Mission Assurance Program Managers (MAPM), Mission Assurance Program Directors (MAPD), Functional Home Room Managers (FHRM), Mission Assurance Team Leads to ensure basis of estimates (BOEs) are accurate and factual to guarantee mission assurance requirements can be met at proposal execution.
• Interface with supported program business and Integrated Process Team (IPT) counterparts to ensure execution to program earned value management (EVM) processes.
• Review cost account manager (CAM) information with program and mission assurance leadership for compliance to EVM and integrated master schedule (IMS) plans.
• Initiate and maintain various tracking tools to provide MAPMs, MAPDs and above the cost accounting and scheduling oversight necessary to execute on various programmatic demands that require senior leader attention.
• Support outside assigned program(s) when surge support is required to meet proposal and BOE requests with short timelines for delivery.

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

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree