Staff Engineer Mission Assurance

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 Mission Systems is seeking a Staff Mission Assurance Engineer to join the Quality & Mission Assurance team located in Charlottesville/Waynesboro, Virginia. In this role the Staff Mission Assurance Engineer will engage with program and engineering teams to define mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure a successful green-field manufacturing & testing site launch. This role will utilize advanced product quality planning methods and tools to deploy on both current and emerging programs to support production and test readiness. The selected engineer will initially collaborate with quality engineering teams at other NG sites to ensure requirements capture and lessons learned are utilized for the new site. Following successful program launches, the Staff Mission Assurance Engineer will transition to relevant QMA sustainment activities through product LRIP and FRP lifecycle stages.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical insight into verification & validation issues and develop ideas on how to address.
• Lead customer discussions to determine application of contractual and technical requirements.
• Leverage process capability metrics, data analytics, and customer feedback to assure program mission success.
• Lead problem solving efforts to reduce risk for product line start-up and execution.
• Recommend process improvements to produce lower cost/higher performing products.
• Play a key role in laying the groundwork for a new NG manufacturing and test site.

Requirements

• ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline and a minimum of 12 years of experience; 10 years with Master’s Degree; 8 years with PhD.
• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process and utilizing Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) tools such as PFMEA, GR&Rs, & Control Plans.
• Experience in high volume and automated manufacturing lines in Aerospace, Defense, and/or Electronics industries.
• Experience as a Quality or Mission Assurance team lead in current or past projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with facilitating structured problem-solving sessions using advanced methods, such as Shanin Red-X, Six Sigma, 8D.
• Experience with deploying, programming, and/or utilizing computerized measurement systems, such as CMM, 3DSL, AOI.
• Experience with AS9100 system auditing.
• Experience evaluating system components and assisting with KPC/KCC selection.
• Experience as a technical lead, Integrated Product Team (IPT) lead, manager or other leadership role in a program office or business function, engineering, manufacturing with demonstrated team building, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with evaluating contractual requirements and assessing/elevating program level risks & opportunities.
• Experience assessing maturity of new technology and manufacturing operations, TRL and MRL, for transition to scaled production.
• Experience with development of and use of data analytics tools for technical/business strategy development.
• Experience with domestic government agency and government laboratory engagements.

Benefits

• Health Plan
• Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Education Assistance
• Training and Development
• 9/80 Work Schedule (where available)