Senior Mission Assurance Engineer - Quality & Risk

ngc; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 109,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to implement MA plans across proposals, design, manufacturing, integration and test. You will work with cross-functional teams to address technical and quality issues ensuring mission success.

The role requires a DoD Secret Clearance (US citizenship) and experience in QA/MA, with opportunities for collaboration across NG Program Management, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering and Manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 9+ years as a quality/mission assurance engineer or 5 years with a STEM BA/BS and 3 years with a MS degree.
• Strong understanding of engineering principles, practices and theories.
• Ability to read drawings/specs and develop inspection plans identifying critical features.
• Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint; experience with multiple enterprise systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication and strong teamwork skills.
• Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance (US Citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain QA programs, procedures and controls to ensure conformance to standards.
• Develop and maintain QMS procedures, perform internal audits for conformance.
• Interface with suppliers to verify design, quality and reliability.
• Review practices to improve efficiency, reduce risk to product quality.
• Translate customer MA requirements into program plans and drawings.
• Ensure contract requirements flow to production and suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with contract, quality, org and industry alert requirements.
• Oversee discrepancy reviews and RCA, and determine corrective actions.
• Analyze trends and drive improvements using key metrics data.
• Lead RCCA activities on program, quality system and business deficiencies.
• Represent Mission Assurance at CCB, MRB, PMR, design reviews, MRR/TRR, CAB.
• Execute risk management activities including dFMEA/pFMEA per standards.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Mission Assurance

Systems engineering

Technical writing

Teamwork

Communication

Reading drawings

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Master’s degree in STEM

Tools

QMS software

MS Office

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to implement MA plans across proposals, design, manufacturing, integration and test. You will work with cross-functional teams to address technical and quality issues ensuring mission success.

The role requires a DoD Secret Clearance (US citizenship) and experience in QA/MA, with opportunities for collaboration across NG Program Management, Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering and Manufacturing.