Senior Mission Assurance Engineer - Quality & Compliance

Northrop Grumman; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Engineer Mission Assurance to join our San Diego, CA team. The role focuses on ensuring quality products meet AS9100, government, and customer requirements through MRB processes, nonconformance investigations, and robust process controls.

Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving, communicate effectively, and lead cross-functional efforts with operations, engineering, and inspection to sustain mission assurance across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5+ years experience; Master’s with 3+ years acceptable.
• Experience with MRB standards.
• Experience interfacing with customers.
• Ability to work independently and multitask in fast-paced environments.
• U.S. Citizenship required and ability to obtain/maintain Secret Clearance.
• RCCA experience.
• QMS (ISO 9001, AS9100) experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with operations, engineering, and inspection to ensure high quality products and processes, eliminating non-value-added steps.
• Solve complex engineering problems in a fast-paced setting and coordinate with Development/Design teams, Operations, and Materials/Process groups.
• Lead non-conformance investigations to identify root cause and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Concur with MRB dispositions and communicate trends; support program and QA reviews.
• Track and report monthly quality performance metrics and participate in training of staff.

Skills

MRB standards

Customer interfacing

Independent multitasking

RCCA

QMS (ISO 9001/AS9100)

US Citizenship

Secret Clearance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s Degree in Engineering

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Engineer Mission Assurance to join our San Diego, CA team. The role focuses on ensuring quality products meet AS9100, government, and customer requirements through MRB processes, nonconformance investigations, and robust process controls.

Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving, communicate effectively, and lead cross-functional efforts with operations, engineering, and inspection to sustain mission assurance across programs.