Senior Quality Engineering Manager — Propulsion Nozzle

Northrop Grumman; Corinne (UT); On-site; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

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Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Promontory, UT is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Manager 3 to lead the Nozzle & Test Area Value Stream quality activities on-site. You will manage a team of ~35 engineers and inspectors and partner with program management, operations, and customers to ensure product quality.

Applicants should have a STEM degree with extensive engineering experience and be eligible for a DoD clearance. Strong leadership, communication, and continuous improvement mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in STEM with 8 years related engineering experience, or a Master’s in STEM and 6 years related engineering experience, or a PhD in STEM with 4 years experience
• Ability to obtain a DoD secret clearance, which generally requires US Citizenship as a prerequisite
• Demonstrated team leadership skills and the ability to build effective relationships
• Knowledge of Value Stream Organization systems, requirements, processes, and culture
• Ability and passion to drive change through creating and implementing the new and different
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present and communicate with a broad range of audiences (program management, customers, functional department leadership, and operations)
• Interpersonal skills and organizational savvy to ensure success; easily relate to a wide variety of diverse styles, build diverse networks, be quick to find common ground, and collaborate well with others

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and overall responsibility for the verification of product quality
• Develop, communicate and implement vision, strategy, goals and metrics to achieve business objectives for safety, quality, customer satisfaction, schedule, cost, and continuous improvement
• Utilize effective talent management strategies to attract, retain, develop, and engage outstanding people for the organization
• Be the face of Production Quality to the Nozzle and Test Area VSOs as well as external customers
• Lead risk management for Nozzle and Test Area VSOs
• Lead PCAB for Nozzle and Test Area VSOs
• Manage workloads, ensure staffing needs are fulfilled, and programs are appropriately resourced
• Establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with other technical Propulsion Systems organizations
• Represent and communicate Production Quality capabilities and technologies to customers
• Ensure leadership and key subject matter expert succession plans are in place and proactively coach and mentor key talent
• Manage indirect non-labor and labor budgets

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Relationship building

Change driver

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in STEM

Master’s in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

3D models

GD&T

Dimensional inspection

AS9100 Rev. D

Change control

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Promontory, UT is seeking a Senior Quality Engineering Manager 3 to lead the Nozzle & Test Area Value Stream quality activities on-site. You will manage a team of ~35 engineers and inspectors and partner with program management, operations, and customers to ensure product quality.

Applicants should have a STEM degree with extensive engineering experience and be eligible for a DoD clearance. Strong leadership, communication, and continuous improvement mindset are essential.