Mission Assurance Manager - Level 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: YesCLEARANCE TYPE: Top SecretTRAVEL: 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's Space Sector is seeking a Mission Assurance Manager - Level 2 to join our team in Baltimore, MD. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

The mission Assurance Manager 2 ( S&MA - ITL) leads Safety & Mission Assurance activities supporting space systems, integration, test, and launch operations. This role ensures flight hardware integrity, payload readiness, full pedigree traceability, and compliance with customers and regulatory requirements. The position requires strong technical judgement, real-time risk management, and direct engagement with test and launch operations to ensure mission success. This position is in Baltimore, MD and reports to the Eastern Region Senior Manager, Integration, Test & Launch Quality .
This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.
In this job you will:

Be accountable for meeting or exceeding the Safety, Quality, Employee, Delivery and Cost expectations for internal and external customers within Space Systems Quality ITL .

Lead S&MA activities across Integration, Test and Launch site processing and operations

Ensure compliance with customer requirements ( NSA, DoD, DCMA), Program S&MA and safety requirements

Drive mission success criteria, ensuring zero-defect escape for flight hardware

Provide mission assurance oversight for: Payload integration activities and ensure payload hardware meets environmental, electrical, and mechanical requirements

Manage staffing needs to support existing and forecasted program schedules within Space Systems ITL Quality Team.

Ensure all hardware meets design requirements and workmanship standards, Test acceptance criteria

Support and approve Test Readiness Reviews, Launch Readiness Reviews, Ship Readiness Reviews

Establish strong presence on test and integration floor

Partner with Tests, Systems engineering, and manufacturing teams

Ensure compliance to work instructions, Test procedures, and inspection criteria

Drive immediate containment and resolution of issues during test executions

Lead nonconformance management for ITL hardware

Drive timely and technically sound RCCA investigations: Lead team to investigate and initiate corrective action to ensure product quality

Resolve quality issues that arise during the build process to ensure all parts conform to the design configuration

Evaluate and communication hardware risk, process deviations, Test anomalies

Support risk boards, FRACAS, and anomaly resolutions teams

Intense focus and ownership of employee development, conflict resolution, performance management, and technical training for staff.