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Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance
Northrop Grumman - Keyser, WV
posted 2 months ago
About the position
The Sr Principal Engineer Mission Assurance at Northrop Grumman is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of products through rigorous analysis and process improvements. This role involves generating quality reports, developing inspection plans, and conducting supplier audits to maintain high standards. The engineer will work closely with various teams to validate product readiness and support failure analysis processes, contributing to the company's mission of delivering innovative defense solutions.
Responsibilities
- Generate quality reports such as First Pass Yield, First Article Inspection, Cost of Quality, etc.
- Analyze data and drive process improvements
- Receive and/or develop inspection plans based upon statistical methods
- Review data and statistical analysis to assess process capability to meet required standards and specifications
- Use Lean tools such as risk assessment, 8D, DFMEA and/or PFMEA
- Build good working relationship with suppliers, conducting periodic supplier audits to make sure that they are working according to plan
- Validate and coordinate product readiness for use or delivery, including FAAT qualifications of new suppliers
- Provide and support failure analysis processes for program hardware
- Perform independent risk assessments on Mission Assurance issues and communicate issues and findings
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree with 9 years of experience or a master's degree with 7 years of experience
- Must be a US citizen and have the ability to obtain a DOD Secret Security Clearance
Nice-to-haves
- Lean Six Sigma training and certification
- STEM Degree from an accredited college or university
- APQP process experience
- AS9100 experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Able to use custom manufacturing software (i.e. Solumina) to maintain quality records, traceability, etc.
- Able to work on multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
