Manager Quality Engineering 2

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU); Magna (UT); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead a dynamic team of engineers dedicated to ensuring the highest standards in tooling quality across multiple campuses. This role offers the chance to work on cutting-edge propulsion systems for NASA and other strategic programs, while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration. Ideal candidates will possess a strong engineering background, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for quality assurance. Join a team where your contributions will shape the future of aerospace technology and make a lasting impact on history.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Time Off

Relocation Assistance

Discretionary Bonus

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in engineering or related technical field.
• Strong leadership and team management skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers ensuring tooling quality across multiple campuses.
• Develop and implement strategies for safety and quality improvement.

Skills

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Quality Assurance Standards

Lean Manufacturing Principles

Job description

Requisition ID: R10189566

• Category: Engineering

• Location: Corinne, Utah, United States of America | Clearfield, Utah, United States of America | Magna, Utah, United States of America

• Clearance Type: None

• Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position

• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)

• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time

• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available

• Positions Available: 1

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 Space Systems designs, builds, and delivers space, defense, and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. Our main products include launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; missile products, subsystems and defense electronics; precision weapons, armament systems and ammunition; satellites and associated space components and services; and advanced aerospace structures.

We are currently seeking a Quality Engineering Manager to lead a team of Tooling Quality Engineers in support of the Bacchus, Clearfield, Copper Crossing, and Promontory campuses.

This individual will oversee a team of engineers supporting a broad range of propulsion system products for NASA, commercial, and strategic programs.

Role description & Responsibilities:

The Quality Engineering Manager is responsible to:

1. Provide leadership and oversight of approximately 15 engineers, across four campuses, responsible for the verification of tooling quality.

2. Utilize effective talent management strategies to attract, retain, develop, and engage outstanding people for the organization.

3. Be the face of Safety and Mission Assurance (S&MA) to the applicable internal and external customers, including Navy, NASA, AF, LM, DCMA.

4. Develop, communicate, and implement vision, strategy, goals and metrics to achieve business objectives for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, schedule, cost, and continuous improvement.

5. Represent and communicate S&MA technical capabilities and technologies to internal and external customers.

6. Manage workloads, ensure staffing needs are fulfilled, and programs are appropriately resourced.

7. Ensure leadership and key subject matter expert succession plans are in place and be proactive by coaching and mentoring key talent to assume increased responsibilities.

8. Responsible for establishing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with other technical Propulsion Systems organizations including other groups in S&MA, Tooling Design, Operations, Process Engineering, Science and Engineering, and Program Management.

9. Manage material and labor budgets.

Minimum Requirements:

• Candidate must have a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum 8 years of experience (6 years with a Master’s) in an engineering or related technical field. Experience may be used in lieu of education in certain instances.
• General knowledge of Quality Engineering and Quality Assurance roles.
• Demonstrated team leadership skills – formal engineering or operations leadership experience and/or significant technical projects or investigations.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities, including the ability to coach, develop, and mentor others.
• Ability to drive change through creating, sustaining and improving standards and procedures.
• Broad understanding of NG command media, including the need for compliance.
• Ability to acquire a Secret security clearance.
• Travel expectation of 1% – 5%.
• Travel between each campus expectation 1x/week.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience and knowledge of CM principles.
• Previous engineering or operations leadership experience.
• Demonstrated Lean Manufacturing experience.
• Graduate degree (MS, MBA, PhD) in engineering or related technical discipline.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present and communicate with a broad range of audiences (operators, department leaders, and customers).
• Interpersonal skills and organizational savvy to ensure success: easily relate well to a wide variety of diverse styles, build diverse networks, be quick to find common ground, and collaborate well with others.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented but able to understand the big picture.
• Demonstrated critical problem solving skills.
• Assertive work ethic, sets a strong leadership example.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

Salary Range: $111,700 - $167,500

The 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.