Job Description
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 the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We are looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we ’II support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you ’II have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
Northrop Grumman Missions Systems AMS Division Mission Assurance has an opening for a Mission Assurance Manager 3 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This role will be located in Baltimore, MD Site and will have Mission Assurance responsibility for the AMC Restricted BU.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Support and mentor team members by promoting professional development, fostering a collaborative environment, and endorsing ethical conduct.
Encourages team members to connect their efforts to overall company goals by creating an inclusive work environment characterized by mutual respect and the valuing of differences.
Participating in program planning and execution, to include the implementation of quality program plans tailored to the appropriate phase of the program, customer requirements and overall trends and/or risk profiles.
Ensuring the Quality/Mission Assurance, Manufacturing, and Engineering processes are consistent with industry standards (e.g., AS9102, AS9145 and AS9100).
Engages team members and drives robust root cause corrective actions utilizing appropriate quality tools (5-Whys, fishbone, etc..).
Tracks and owns all metrics related to quality, provides input for monthly reporting as well as presents quality results to leadership.
Drives improvements within the business to reduce defects and streamlines quality processes.
Actively monitors nonconformance and corrective actions to ensure timely dispositions and corrective action responses.
Functional planning, personnel management, and cost account management.
Champion Lean Agile and Digital Transformation initiatives.
The selected candidate must be an inclusive and collaborative leader with the ability to influence others at all levels and have demonstrated leadership skills leading multi-function and technical working groups while directly contributing to programs and proposals. The candidate must have a track record in mentoring and developing the skills of their teams, and driving change across organizations with successful, quantified business results. The candidate must be able to establish strong, collaborative, working relationships with operations, (Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, and Program Management) business unit leaders, and customer quality representatives. The selected candidate must possess a current a DoD Secret level security clearance maintaining the required security clearance will be a condition of continued employment.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in quality and/or mission assurance, or a Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant work experience in quality and/or mission assurance
Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience
Experience with Quality Management Systems and identifying critical quality metrics
Experience in leading independent assessments, quality assessments/audits, and program gate reviews as the mission assurance representative
Experience with problem solving techniques and strategies to determine Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA)
Experience indicative of IPT leadership or direct-line management (basis of estimate methods, development program/project schedules)
Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance
US citizenship required
Preferred Qualifications:
NG QMS experience (PrOP, AS9100D, and customer flow-downs).
Experience with customer interactions, including DCMA, Lockheed Martin
Certification in lean, six sigma, and agile Quality Engineering Methodologies
Trained as a AS9100 Lead Auditor
5+ years of experience as a Quality Manager or a similar Mission Assurance role
AS9145/PPAP Experience
Experience with GIDEP/Sentinel monitoring
Demonstrated experience of program/product lifecycles at various stages (capture, proposal, design, program of record, and supply chain management)