Data Management Controller 2/3 (End item data package) - Space Components San Diego, CA
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An organization within Northrop Grumman's Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, Spacecraft Components is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

Learn more about Spacecraft Components at our website: https://www.northropgrumman.com/space/spacecraft-components/ .

Our San Diego, CA site is in search of a Data Management Controller 2/ 3 to join our growing team and p rovide a variety of basic clerical support to configuration management operations.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Support the Quality Engineering team in the preparation and timely submittal of End Item Data Packages to external customers for space and aerospace flight hardware.

  • Generate and validate detailed as-designed versus as-built configuration data to ensure that manufactured flight hardware meets contractual configuration requirements.

  • Review electronic and paper records from manufacturing and procurement to ensure material traceability compliance to engineering, quality and configuration requirements.

  • Collect, analyze and report work-in-process test data and validate test completion status.

  • Analyze data and prepare status reports to communicate constraints to engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, configuration and quality teams.

  • Gather additional supporting reports such as Dimensional Inspection Reports (DIR's) and/or First Article Inspection (FAI) Reports to validate completion status.

  • Engage directly with cross-functional teams (engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, etc) to find real-time solutions to internal constraints and risks to external customer needs.

Basic Qualifications

Level 2

  • High school diploma or GED and at least 2 years of additional education and/or related experience

  • 2+ years of relevant aerospace industry work experience required

  • Advanced skills gathering and analyzing data in MS Excel required

  • Proficiency in other MS Office applications (Word, Access, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat

  • Experience working within Quality Management Systems (AS9100, NADCAP, etc)

  • Familiarity in reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications

  • Experience working directly with internal and external customers at various levels including management

  • US citizenship required

Level 3

  • High school diploma or GED and at least 4 years of additional education and/or related experience

  • 2+ years of relevant aerospace industry work experience required

  • Advanced skills gathering and analyzing data in MS Excel required

  • Proficiency in other MS Office applications (Word, Access, PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat

  • Experience working within Quality Management Systems (AS9100, NADCAP, etc)

  • Familiarity in reading and interpreting engineering drawings and specifications

  • Experience working directly with internal and external customers at various levels including management

  • US citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree preferred

  • Configuration management certificate (CMPIC)

  • Training and successful application of lean principles

  • Proficient in ERP/MRP (Costpoint)

  • Ability to work flexible hours, overtime, and weekends as needed

Salary Range: $38,800 - $64,600

Salary Range 2: $47,600 - $79,300

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.

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.

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