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Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation · 🇺🇸 United States-California-Sunnyvale
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About the role
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. We are looking for you to join us as a Sr. Principal Mission Assurance Engineer based in Sunnyvale, CA in the heart of Silicon Valley! This position is fully on-site (no remote or hybrid schedules). What You'll Get to Do: • Interpret customer technical and MA requirements, as well as internal quality requirements, and ensure these requirements are integrated into program plans, quality plans, specifications, and product drawings. • Ensure program contract requirements are flowed down internally and to suppliers. • Ensure compliance with contract program, quality, organizational, and industry alert requirements. • Represent Mission Assurance at various program reviews and review boards including but not limited to Configuration Control Boards (CCB), Material Review Board (MRB), Program Management Reviews (PMR), Design/Peer Reviews, Manufacturing/Test Readiness Reviews and Corrective Action Boards (CAB). • Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place • Drive solutions to technical and process problems with cross-functional teams • Responsible for developing Basis of Estimates to ensure sufficient Quality oversight on key Development and Sustainment captures and programs. • Drive concepts like Design Quality, Cost of Quality, FMEA and similar measures designed to help drive improvement. • Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis, and Problem-Solving activities on program-specific, quality system and business system deficiencies. • Perform statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications • Assess program performance and risks; develop handling plans for Quality risks and opportunities. • Support the development, implementation and maintenance of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS) including supporting external audits and performing 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. • Provide oversight in discrepancy review and failure investigations, as well as cause and corrective action determinations. Analyze and interpret trends and execute improvements on key metrics. As a Mission Assurance professional for Quality and Mission Assurance, you are first and foremost committed to treating all people with respect. You model personal growth and are a feverish champion for continuous development both personally and for your team. You are someone that always chooses to act with integrity and you believe that high ethical and moral standards characterize who you are by the things you choose to do. You are someone that chooses to en