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RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available
CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret
TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time
Description
Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Mission Assurance Engineer (Level 2 or 3) to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be located in Iuka, MS.
As quality engineering, we define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs. We assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers are in accordance with contractual requirements. We assess program performance and risks, and help to determine resources to ensure contract compliance.
Do you enjoy solving problems? Come join our team!
Responsibilities include the following:
- Authoring documentation to instruct operations on successful execution of quality requirements
- Manage and coordinate non-conformance containment and corrective action implementation activities
- Lead data collection, analysis, and customer interface
- Write and manage risk mitigation actions and assuring their implementation
- Contribute to design change control reviews and implementation
- Support internal audits, process observations and area assessments
- Establish and maintain collaboration partnership across functions and programs, customers, program management, and other support organizations
Our team is exceptionally detail-oriented. We work on sophisticated projects in the aerospace industry, producing high-quality work. Each member has individual assignments, but we work as a united team to identify and resolve potential issues before timelines are impacted. Our team pursues inclusivity, diversity, and balance in both workload and work-life. We feel strongly about treating each other with respect and working with integrity.
Work schedules can vary, but we strive for a 9/80 work week, which gives us every other Friday off to pursue interests outside of the office. Northrop Grumman provides a full suite of benefits, and we are regularly mentioned as a top company for work life balance.
Available Shifts:
NOTE: These shifts include a shift differential in addition to base pay
- B Shift Production: 7PM -530 AM, Monday - Thursday (4x10's)
- C Shift Production: 7AM - 730 PM, Friday - Sunday (3x12's)
- D Shift Production: 7PM - 730 AM, Friday - Sunday (3x12's)
Basic Qualifications:
This role may be filled at an Engineer or Principal Engineer Mission Assurance depending on the qualifications below.
Engineer:
- Bachelor's in Science and 2 years of experience in Quality and/or Mission Assurance work experience; Master's Degree. Note: an additional 4 years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Knowledge of Inspection Plans and First Article Inspections
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
Principal Engineer:
- Bachelor's in Science and 5 years of experience in Quality and/or Mission Assurance work experience; Master's Degree and 3 years of experience in Quality and/or Mission Assurance work experience; PhD. Note: an additional 4 years of relevant work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Knowledge of Inspection Plans and First Article Inspections
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior manufacturing experience
- Ability to read and interpret GD&T drawings
- Knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action methods
- Knowledge of continuous improvement principles
- Background in Composites
- Active DoD Secret Clearance
Salary Range: $69,500.00 - $104,300.00Salary Range 2: $85,600.00 - $128,400.00
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 health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.
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 http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.
