Principal Engineer Mission Assurance Level 3/4

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

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.

What You'Ll Get To Do:

• 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.
• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place
• Familiar with concepts like Cost of Quality, FMEA and similar measures designed to help drive improvement.
• Performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications

Basic Qualifications for the Principal Mission Assurance Engineer:

• 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.

Basic Qualifications for the Sr. Principal Engineer Mission Assurance:

• Bachelor of Science degree and 8 years of Engineering, Test, Manufacturing or Quality experience; or a Master's Degree and 6 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

Primary Level Salary Range: $95,300.00 - $142,900.00Secondary Level Salary Range: $118,600.00 - $178,000.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.