Senior Mission Assurance Engineer — Top Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 212,000 - 318,000; Full time

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Mission Assurance Engineer – Level 7 to join our Space Sector in the Eastern Region. This role supports missions critical to national and global security, collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, contracts, programs, and supply chain to ensure compliance and drive risk reduction.

The successful candidate will translate requirements into business outcomes, lead assessments, and guide execution strategies across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 16 years of professional experience – OR – Master’s degree with 14 years of professional experience – OR – PhD with 12 years of professional experience.
• Requires an active U.S. Government Top-Secret security clearance at time of application, current and within scope, with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI approval/access.
• Experience in design and manufacturing, or technology environment.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with proposal development and contract negotiation.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate teams through conflict resolution.
• Experience with multiple industry standards across aerospace and manufacturing.
• Strong facilitation skills leading workshops and VSM sessions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive gap analyses and maturity assessments for Mission Assurance Program execution.
• Actively support proposals to ensure appropriate interpretation of regulatory and contractual requirements.
• Evaluation of the organization’s ability to meet customer requirements.
• Support negotiations of terms and conditions with respect to regulatory flow downs.
• Cross-functionally mentor and train personnel on Mission Assurance approaches for various program/contract types.
• Serve as a non-advocate in the resolution of complex requirements interpretation.
• Supports ethics investigations in requirements interpretation.
• Maintains up to date knowledge of regulations, standards, and industry best practices; disseminates insights internally.
• Potential to serve on industry boards.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, effectively influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Proposal development

Contract negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Quality systems

Risk assessment

Stakeholder comms

Conflict resolution

Industry standards

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

ASQ Certified Quality Engineer

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Consulting Mission Assurance Engineer – Level 7 to join our Space Sector in the Eastern Region. This role supports missions critical to national and global security, collaborating across engineering, manufacturing, contracts, programs, and supply chain to ensure compliance and drive risk reduction.

The successful candidate will translate requirements into business outcomes, lead assessments, and guide execution strategies across programs.