Senior Mission & Quality Lead, Aerospace Programs

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 118,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission and Quality Assurance Lead to support execution of complex aerospace and defense programs. This role provides program-integrated leadership across mission assurance, quality assurance, risk management, process improvement, and performance management to ensure contract, customer, and organizational requirements are met.

The selected candidate will partner with program leadership, engineering, operations, supply chain, suppliers, and functional organizations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations, quality, or a related field with relevant experience.
• Experience supporting or leading mission assurance, quality assurance, program execution, process improvement, or operational-performance activities.
• Demonstrated experience developing and analyzing performance metrics and communicating results to program leadership.
• Experience leading root-cause analysis, corrective action, preventive action, or continuous-improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead mission assurance and quality assurance activities to meet contract requirements and customer commitments.
• Develop and execute program quality and mission assurance plans, procedures, metrics, and reviews.
• Review plans, SOWs, requirements, and data to identify concerns.
• Support program reviews, readiness reviews, and customer meetings with QA assessments.
• Establish and monitor program performance measures for quality, schedule, and health.
• Ensure QA requirements are flowed down to suppliers and subcontractors.
• Promote first-time quality and disciplined execution throughout the lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and opportunities.
• Lead root-cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate across engineering, operations, sourcing, and program management.

Skills

Mission assurance

Quality assurance

Program management

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, operations, quality, or a related field

Master’s degree in related field (preferred)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Mission and Quality Assurance Lead to support execution of complex aerospace and defense programs. This role provides program-integrated leadership across mission assurance, quality assurance, risk management, process improvement, and performance management to ensure contract, customer, and organizational requirements are met.

The selected candidate will partner with program leadership, engineering, operations, supply chain, suppliers, and functional organizations