Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance - Top Secret Clearance (Space/Satellite Systems) - Northrop Grumman

Requisition ID: R

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Dulles, Virginia, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Top Secret
• Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
• Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Positions Available: 1

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.

In this role you will implement and enforce mission/flight assurance plans for individual spacecraft flight hardware programs addressing design, manufacturing, integration, and test activities in accordance with company and contractual requirements. You will work as a member of an integrated product team with NGSC Safety & Mission Assurance staff in various groups to address technical issues, meet program requirements, and ensure mission success. You will interface with customers, vendors, and with NGSC Manufacturing, Integration & Test, and Engineering organizations to identify and resolve mission/flight assurance issues.

Job Responsibilities:

• Implements and administers an effective Safety and Mission Assurance program in compliance with applicable customer contracts and other guidelines set forth by Flight Systems Group requirements throughout the contract life cycle.
• Ensures contractual program requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers, ensures compliance with customer contract, industry, and organizational requirements. Performs verification and validation requirements have been met.
• Review practices, procedures and processes seeking avenues to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce risk to product quality
• Interprets customer technical and mission assurance requirements, ensuring integration to program plans, specifications and product drawings as well as verification of implementation.
• Provide oversight in discrepancy review, failure investigations, as well as cause and corrective action determinations. Leads root cause and problem-solving analyses
• Represents Mission Assurance at various review boards including Configuration Control Board (CCB), Engineering Change Board (ECR), Risk and Opportunity Management Board (ROMB), Corrective Action Board (CAB), Readiness Reviews, & Failure/Material Review Board (FRB/MRB)
• Supports tracking and reporting metrics, mission specific risk issues & develop, and present internal & external Mission Assurance briefings.
• Ensure Risk Management activities (dFMEA, pFMEA) are executed and maintained according to standards and procedures.
• Communicates the impacts and execution of all program, division quality and organizational requirements to all levels of the organization. May communicate to Government and customer representatives as well as subcontracts.
• Provides S&MA inputs and baseline estimations for future program proposal efforts,
• Provides input and support during AS9100 audits
• Leads the S&MA team in support of mission success for large contracts and product lines.
• Control Account Manager (CAM) for the S&MA budget on the contract.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related STEM field
• 9 years of relevant experience
• Top Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain SCI
• U.S. Citizenship

Preferred Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI
• Able to read engineering documentation and inspect drawings and parts lists, inspection plans, and supplemental instructions. Extensive knowledge base in Cause Analysis tools, such as
• Ishikawa, FMEA, DOE, KTA (Kepner Tregoe Analysis) Previous experience managing elements of AS/ISO/CMMI certified internal and external organization.
• Experience interfacing with DCMA and Aerospace representatives
• Control Account Management experience with Earned Value Management practices.
• Familiarity with industry workmanship standards; NASA, MIL, NAS, IPC.

Salary Range: $133,000 - $179,000
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.
Employees may be eligible for 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 committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.