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Sentinel Principal Mission Assurance Engineer - 19890

RoyOnsiteFull TimePrincipal$98,400–$147,600 /yrPosted 1 month ago

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Required skills

  • Sentinel program
  • Mission Assurance
  • quality management systems
  • quality metrics
  • technical reviews
  • drawings
  • SOWs
  • Requirements documents
  • risk management
  • safety

Nice to have

  • Business Objects
  • Tableau
  • SAP
  • MES
  • data analytics
  • trend analysis

Role summary

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Mission Assurance Engineer for the Sentinel program in Roy, Utah. This role involves supporting quality management systems, creating quality metrics, performing technical reviews of program documents, and assessing performance and risks to ensure mission success. The engineer will assist Program Quality Managers with various requirements, including developing quality plans, facilitating review boards, and managing corrective actions. Experience with defect resolution, data analytics, and quality metrics is required, with preferred experience in tools like Business Objects, Tableau, SAP, and MES.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: NoneTRAVEL: 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.

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems in air and space that impact people’s lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our work preserves freedom, democracy, and advances human discovery and our understanding of the universe. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future and have a lot of 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 Defense Systems is seeking a Principal Mission Assurance Engineer. This position is located in Roy, Utah and supports the Sentinel program. This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You'll Get To Do:

Northrop Grumman is currently seeking a Program Mission Assurance Engineer to provide support to our MA Team. Selected candidate will support MA functions to ensure mission success. Supporting critical data analysis to support quality management systems. Create & maintain key measures for quality for the program. Support technical reviews of all Sentinel drawings, SOW’s, Requirements documents as required. Performs or assures quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of Sentinel achievements.


Assesses Sentinel performance and risks, and determines resources to ensure mission assurance. Assist the Program Quality Managers (PQM) with all Sentinel Mission Assurance /Program Management requirements. Support, develop, implement and maintain the Sentinel Program Quality Plans. Support and facilitate Sentinel program FRBs ensuring identification of root cause and proper implementation of corrective actions and reach back and reach across. Assist PQM in preparation and execution on of Program Preventive and Corrective Action Board (PCAB). Develop and maintain Sentinel Program Metrics. Assist in the preparation of the Program Management Program Review packages. Support PQM with GBSD Customer Corrective Action Requests. Support IPT MA & QE in Conditional Acceptance requirements and flow down. Monitor timely closure of Conditionally Accepted hardware and work corrective actions with IPT MA.


Position Benefits:

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman, you are eligible for our robust benefits package including:


  • Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
  • 401k
  • Educational Assistance
  • Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
  • Paid Time Off
  • Health & Wellness Resources
  • Employee Discounts

This positions standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Basic Qualifications:

Principal Mission Assurance Engineer: Bachelor’s Degree with 5 Years of technical experience; 3 Years with Masters.

  • Ability to obtain Secret (S) security clearance or higher.
  • 2 years of experience working defect resolutions from production or receiving.
  • 2 years of working experience creating & maintaining quality metrics.
  • 1 year of working experience doing data analytics and trend analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:


  • A current Secret (S) security clearance or higher.
  • 2 years of working experience with Business Objects, Tableau, SAP & MES
  • 3 years of working experience creating & maintaining quality metrics.
  • 2 years of working experience doing data analytics and trend analysis.
Primary Level Salary Range: $98,400.00 - $147,600.00The 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.

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