Mission Assurance Manager
$150,000–$195,000 year
On-siteIrvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Collaborate with internal program management, engineering, and manufacturing functions to ensure program performance, quality, cost, and schedule requirements are met while managing risks. Interface with external customer quality assurance to resolve non-conformances, notifications, RCCAs, and deviation requests. Actively participate in design, manufacturing, test, and readiness reviews, and lead the implementation of Mission Assurance Contract Data Requirements List deliverables. Provide leadership to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and monitor issues in conjunction with program management and operations. Track non-conformance status to ensure notification, disposition, reporting, and closure prior to delivery. Perform reliability, failure, and root cause analyses as needed to improve program deliverables. Participate in Material, Engineering, and Failure Review Board activities. This role reports to the Sr. Director of EH&S, Quality & Mission Assurance within a fast-growing aerospace team focused on satellite manufacturing and defense solutions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or relevant STEM discipline or engineering Associate's degree with at least 8 years of aerospace Mission Assurance experience
- 3-5 years of experience in a key Mission Assurance or Product Assurance role
- Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Quality Assurance, System Safety Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or Parts, Materials and Processes (PM&P) Engineering
- Knowledge of Quality Management Systems and processes
- Demonstrated teamwork with strong written and verbal communications skills
- Ability to communicate across organizational boundaries and at all levels
- Experience implementing Mission Assurance and Quality-related industry, government and European standards
- U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance
- U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
- current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance
- ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds
- occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an electrical engineering or EEE discipline
- Master's degree in engineering, physical sciences, or business administration
- 6+ years of Mission Assurance experience in aerospace industry
- Experience with aerospace customers and their mission/product assurance standards
- Concept-to-design-to-manufacturing-to-delivery experience with spacecraft missions
- Understanding of satellites, payloads, and ground systems used for space vehicles
- Software quality experience
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