Sr. Principal Mission Assurance Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes 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. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Senior Principal Mission Assurance Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be onsite in Melbourne, FL. You will directly support the Mission Assurance Program Manager (MAPM) by executing and overseeing quality first technical support, independent of Engineering, through early intervention. This role will be operationally focused and drive collaborative efforts across various Integrated Product Teams (IPT), to include System Test, through team integration and involvement at the lowest to highest levels. Validate program objectives are being met through participation and oversight of task performance, historical data reviews, process reviews, inspection, auditing, testing and product evaluation.

Deliver focused efforts in design review, nonconforming material processing, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, manufacturing, flight operations, research and development as they apply to the mission assurance statement of work. Evaluate and support corrective measures to ensure process revision meets acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with program requirements. Oversee and prepare malfunction and corrective action reports while holding manufacturing accountable for root cause and corrective action deliverables. Review all necessary product and system documentation to ensure process compliance and requirement needs are met. Work closely with program partners to validate requirements. Oversee and execute process development to identify potential product performance impacts as early as possible. Guide product development engagement through oversight of processes, procedures and standard adherence to ensure product design meets customer requirements. Plan, schedule and oversee qualification testing and provide guidance when needed. Ensure integration testing oversight via test procedure review, test witnessing, troubleshooting and buy off. Confirm Supplier Data Requirements Lists (SDRL), Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP), Qualification Test Procedures (QTP), Supplier Statement of Work (SSOW), Program Specifications (PSPEC), etc. are compliant to requirements.  When necessary, attend gateway events such as Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM), Integrated Review Board (IRB), Test Readiness Review (TRR), Critical Design Review (CDR), etc.  Drive program audits to identify quality related deficiencies, evaluate non-conformances, and negative performance trends and failures; assist in root cause and corrective actions necessary to prevent a future reoccurrence Engage inspection, software and supplier quality teams to drive quality into the design to ensure robust verification and validation processes. Operational support and execution oversight via Supplier Management Teams, Subcontract Administrators, Supplier Quality, Quality Field Engineers, Responsible Engineers (RE), Test Engineers, Safety Engineers, Materials and