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2027 Associate Mission Assurance Engineer

Northrop Grumman

San Diego, CA · HybridJob$76–114K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$76–114K/yr
Location
San Diego, CAHybrid
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Northrop Grumman is hiring an Associate Mission Assurance Engineer for its Aeronautics Systems sector in a hybrid position with in-person responsibilities in San Diego. The role supports product and program assurance through documentation and procedure review, corrective action, testing, audits, and compliance activities. Candidates must meet the stated bachelor’s degree and citizenship requirements; engineering, manufacturing, and program integration knowledge are preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

EngineeringManufacturingProgram IntegrationLean Six SigmaRoot Cause Analysis

Qualifications

Bachelor's DegreeAerospace, Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electrical, or Related STEMU.S. CitizenshipSecurity Clearance EligibilityGPA 3.0+Active Secret Clearance

Benefits

Relocation Assistance

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be 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 is seeking Associate Mission Assurance Engineers. This is a hybrid position with our Aeronautics Systems sector, with in-person responsibilities in San Diego, CA. Tasking and responsibilities to include drawing and procedure review and approvals, maintaining and generating metrics, facilitate Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) impacting the program, preparation and facilitation of customer interface meeting (Q2Q) within rhythm of program.

Example Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Learn, develop and deliver malfunction and corrective action reports to hold manufacturing accountable for root cause and corrective action deliverables.

  • Understand and review all necessary product and system documentation to ensure process compliance and requirement needs are met.

  • Work closely with mission assurance team and program partners to recognize and validate flow of program requirements.

  • Study, plan, and develop the required processes to identify potential product performance impacts as early as possible.

  • Support product development engagement through oversight of processes, procedures and standard adherence to ensure that product design continuously meets customer requirements.

  • Participate in product qualification testing and seek guidance when needed.

  • Support program integration testing via test procedure review, test witnessing, troubleshooting and buy off.

  • Execute Mission Assurance functions by learning compliance review of Supplier Data Requirements Lists, Acceptance Test Procedures, Qualification Test Procedures, Supplier Statement of Work, Program Specifications.

  • Assist in audits to identify deficiencies, nonconformances, and negative performance trends and failures.

  • Develop high level organizational skills to support concurrent taskings along with cultivating strong computer skills to achieve a high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Basic Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications for an Associate Mission Assurance Engineer:

A candidate must meet ALL of the below criteria. The candidate must:

  • Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by December 2026

  • Be majoring in or having majored in Aerospace Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other related STEM degree program

  • Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Special Access Program clearance within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher

  • Knowledge in Engineering, Manufacturing, Program integration

  • Basic insight into Lean Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis processes

  • Active U.S. Government Secret security clearance

Salary Range:

  • Associate Mission Assurance Engineer: $76,200 - $114,400/year

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The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 7,294 open Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$76–114K/yr
  • California median$133–200K/yr634 salary ranges
  • US median$115–178K/yr3,811 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $95K, is 44% below the California median midpoint ($170K) — in the lowest quarter of Engineering salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 935 open Engineering jobs in California and 7,294 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 10 years (5,034 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 3,724 of the 7,294 open Engineering jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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