Senior Mission Assurance Engineer - Quality & Program Lead

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Principal Engineer – Mission Assurance to lead quality oversight on an established production program. The role focuses on disciplined production execution, process quality, program performance, contractual compliance, corrective action, and customer satisfaction.

Travel up to 25% is required. The ideal candidate will drive quality plans, monitor metrics, and coordinate across PM, Engineering, Manufacturing, and global supply chain to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in STEM; Master’s with 3+ years preferred.
• Experience applying quality engineering principles in a production environment.
• Program quality experience coordinating with Program Management and cross-functional organizations.
• Experience interfacing with Program Management to communicate quality status, performance, risks, issues, opportunities, and recovery actions.
• Experience reviewing requirements and contractual flow‑downs in contracts, specifications, drawings, work instructions, supplier documentation, or other technical documentation.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems such as AS9100 or ISO 9001.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Quality/Mission Assurance focal point for an established production program, partnering with PM and functional organizations to support cost, schedule, technical, quality, and delivery commitments.
• Define and monitor mission‑assurance plans, processes, metrics, and work products that support disciplined production execution.
• Apply quality engineering and program quality practices to production planning, hardware execution, inspection, acceptance, and delivery.
• Identify nonconformances; lead root cause and corrective actions; analyze trends; drive preventive actions.
• Develop and communicate quality/program-performance metrics, variances, trends, risks, opportunities, and recovery actions.

Skills

Quality engineering

Program quality

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in STEM

Master’s Degree in STEM

Tools

AS9100 / ISO 9001

Job description

Northrop Grumman Corp. in Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Principal Engineer – Mission Assurance to lead quality oversight on an established production program. The role focuses on disciplined production execution, process quality, program performance, contractual compliance, corrective action, and customer satisfaction.

Travel up to 25% is required. The ideal candidate will drive quality plans, monitor metrics, and coordinate across PM, Engineering, Manufacturing, and global supply chain to deliver