Staff Engineer Supplier Quality – 8021

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Embark on a career putting innovative, reliable, and agile products and ideas into orbit, and beyond. Northrop Grumman has opportunities waiting for you that play a vital role in human space exploration, national defense, and scientific discovery, supporting multiple programs across the universe. With us, you’ll discover a culture of curiosity and collaboration that will have you Defining Possible from the day you start. Our space systems connect and protect millions of people on earth every day, now and for the future. Explore your future and launch your career today.  

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Staff Engineer Supplier Quality This position will be located in Roy, UT.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You’ll Get to Do:

This position is responsible for vertical and horizontal integration of Supplier Quality activities with a focus on Special Processes. Disciplines to include master planning, configuration and data management, digital engineering, business management, risk management, processes and tools, engineering, etc. This position regularly interfaces with management across the company, with suppliers and our customers. The selected candidate will oversee and manage the operational aspects of ongoing projects and serve as liaison between project management and planning, project team, and supplier quality management. The candidate will also review status of projects, manage schedules, and prepare status reports, assess project issues, and develop resolutions to meet productivity, quality, and client-satisfaction goals and objectives. The selected candidate will also develop mechanisms for monitoring project progress and for intervention and problem solving with managers.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as an integration function for Supplier Quality engaging in many ad hoc activities required to ensure streamlined cadence and execution

• Collaborate across all functions within the program to develop advanced concepts, techniques and requirements for new applications and tools

• Coordinate schedules and provide Liaison assistance between the Special Process assigned Supplier Quality Engineers (SQE), PMP engineering, IPTs, and SQEs.

• Support the Special Processes activities with vertical and horizontal integration activities in Roy Utah

Successful candidates will have the following key attributes:

• Proactive – anticipates requirements from higher management, and initiate and complete actions required to meet those requirements

• Perceptive – sees the “big picture” but is also able to focus on the details and follows all of them through to completion

• Composed – maintains a “level head” in the extremely dynamic, fast-paced, and demanding environment, especially when working closely with management on projects with highly compressed timelines and tight deadlines

• Discretion – self-initiates tasks with considerable latitude for independent judgment

As a full-time employee of Northrop Grumman Space Systems, 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 position’s 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:

• A Bachelor's in Science degree 14 years of experience, a Masters degree with 12 years of experience, a PhD with 9 years of experience. Or, 18 years of experience in lieu of a degree

• Experience with high level customer engagement

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

• Knowledge of project management principles

• Active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to lead a team

• PMP certification

• Experience in system development

• Experience working within a multi-team environment

• Experience with Engineering Procurement System

• Experience with SAP and using different auditing functions

• Experience with schedule management, risk management and performance management

• Experience facilitating Program Reviews

• Experience with tableau and data analytics

• Experience with earned value management knowledge in a program management capacity

• Experience with high level customer engagement

• Experience with Agile Project Management

• Experience with creating and monitoring test metrics

Salary Range: $126,100 USD - $189,100 USD

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.