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Engineer Mission Assurance
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-Maryland-Baltimore
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About the role
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: No 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. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Mission Assurance Engineer to join our team in Baltimore, MD . This position is 100% onsite. What You'll Get To Do: • Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. • Collaborates closely with Engineering, Global Supply Chain, Supplier Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, Factory Quality teams along with Program Managers, BU/OU Leadership and customers to ensure quality standards and enable program mission success. • Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, and Problem-Solving activities on program-specific, quality system and business system deficiencies. • Assess program performance and risks; develop mitigation plans for Quality risks and opportunities. • Review first article inspection packages for internal approval. • Support external audits and internal audits to assess conformance. • Review practices, procedures and processes seeking avenues to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce risk to product quality and personnel. • Process material review board nonconformances and drive solutions to technical and process problems with cross-functional teams. • Identify and communicate customer requirements through understanding technical data packages, such as specifications and drawings. Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Mission Assurance: • Bachelor's of Science Degree in a STEM discipline and 2 years of Quality Engineering and/or Mission Assurance work experience; Master’s Degree with 0 years of experience. • RCCA experience. • Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance. • U.S. citizenship required. Preferred Qualifications : • Experience with quality engineering principles, manufacturing operations, product inspection, test & evaluation, reliability, root cause analysis, defect analysis, inspection methods, control of nonconforming material, product sell off, shipping and product support as they apply to quality. • Experience with ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 Quality Management System. • Experience with Root Cause and Corrective Action methods. • Experience with SAP and data analysis methods and tools. #MPR #QMACMP Primary Level Salary Range: $87,600.00 - $131,400.00 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