Staff Engineer Mission Assurance

Northrop Grumman; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 177,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Staff Engineer Mission Assurance to lead structured problem solving, root cause analysis, and compliance activities across the QMS. The role focuses on risk-based audits, process improvements, and cross-functional coordination.

You will mentor engineers, develop core work products, and drive preventive actions while leveraging AI-enabled tools. U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain a Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s degree; 8 years with a PhD.
• Experience working in a QMS-governed environment or other regulated or high-reliability industry.
• Experience with ISO 9001, including internal audit, document control, nonconformance, corrective and preventive action, management review, and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading root cause analysis and corrective action to closure.
• Experience planning and conducting audits, assessments, or compliance review.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and other project management tools to manage shared files, action tracking, status reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• US. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead structured problem solving to identify root cause, drive corrective actions, prevent recurrence, and verify effectiveness through closure.
• Coordinate functional leadership inputs and engage the campus ecosystem to assess challenges at the point of work, identify trends, perform analysis, and develop projects and studies.
• Plan and facilitate value stream mapping events, Socratic seminars, and other structured working sessions to align stakeholders and support preventive actions.
• Lead mission assurance and QMS initiatives from scope through closure, translating broad direction into defined work, milestones, deliverables, and executive outputs.
• Develop core work products, including master project plans, shared files, trackers, dashboards, presentations, and schedules.
• Translate complex situations into process flows and other triangulated relationships that clarify issues, controls and dependencies.
• Mentor engineers and teams in audit readiness, compliance discipline, and fact-based problem solving.
• Use AI-enabled tools and metrics, as appropriate, to inform scope, planning, and decisions.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Auditing

QMS leadership

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

PhD

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

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What You Will Get To Do

• Lead structured problem solving to identify root cause, drive corrective actions, prevent recurrence, and verify effectiveness through closure. Prepare data- and evidence-based findings, gap assessments, compliance reviews, and process evaluations to support corrective action, verification, and closure. Use this work to shape risk-based and process audits, critical process surveillance, and other compliance control activities.
• Coordinate functional leadership inputs and engage the campus ecosystem to assess challenges at the point of work, identify trends, perform analysis, and develop projects and studies that strengthen culture, address compliance risk, and support preventive actions.
• Plan and facilitate value stream mapping events, Socratic seminars, and other structured working sessions to align stakeholders and support preventive actions.
• Lead mission assurance and QMS initiatives from scope through closure, translating broad direction into defined work, milestones, deliverables, and executive outputs.
• Develop core work products, including master project plans, shared files, trackers, dashboards, presentations, and schedules. Manage challenges independently and raise support needs in a timely manner.
• Translate complex situations into process flows and other triangulated relationships that clarify issues, controls and dependencies, and paths to resolution.
• Mentor engineers and teams in audit readiness, compliance discipline, and fact-based problem solving.
• Use AI-enabled tools and metrics, as appropriate, to inform scope, planning, and decisions.

Basic Qualifications For The Staff Engineer Mission Assurance

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field with 12 years of relevant experience; 10 years with a Master’s degree; 8 years with a PhD.
• Experience working in a QMS-governed environment or other regulated or high-reliability industry.
• Experience with ISO 9001, including internal audit, document control, nonconformance, corrective and preventive action, management review, and continuous improvement.
• Experience leading root cause analysis and corrective action to closure.
• Experience planning and conducting audits, assessments, or compliance review.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, SharePoint, and other project management tools to manage shared files, action tracking, status reporting, and stakeholder coordination.
• US. Citizenship Required.
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, CQE, CQA, or PMP certification.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or other regulated or high-reliability industries.
• Experience with AS9100 and T9000.
• Experience supporting site- or program-level quality or mission assurance initiatives.
• Experience leading in-person working sessions, reviews, or issue-resolution meetings.
• Experience planning and facilitating value stream mapping events.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $177,000.00 - $265,600.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.