Associate Quality Engineer / Quality Engineer - Northrop Grumman

Requisition ID: R

• Category: Engineering
• Location: Palmdale, California, United States of America
• Clearance Type: Secret
• Telecommute: Yes-May consider hybrid teleworking for this position
• Shift: Any (United States of America)
• Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
• Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
• Positions Available: 1

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 Aeronautics Systems has an opening for an Associate Quality Engineer / Quality Engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position is fulltime on-site located in Palmdale, CA.

Roles and Responsibilities: Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place. Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements. May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies.

Associate Quality Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's STEM degree with 0 years of experience

• Active DOD Secret Clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access prior to start, per business requirements

• Must be able to work Any shift, overtime and non-standard work schedule

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace or Military background

• Special Program Access

• Advanced experience with Excel

• RCCA experience

• Experience with Six-Sigma quality engineering methodologies

• Experience with Data Analysis

Quality Engineer Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's STEM degree with 2 years of experience or 0 with a Master's in STEM

• Active DOD Secret Clearance

• Ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access prior to start, per business requirements

• Must be able to work Any shift, overtime and non-standard work schedule

• Experience with Six-Sigma quality engineering methodologies

• Experience with Data Analysis

• Thorough understanding of data collection and analysis; supports the program, Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams with data analytics for improvement processes

• Initiate, facilitate, and support RCCA activities to improve the quality of part and process

• Prepare documentation of the results of RCCA activities for Quality Engineering review, to include gathering and charting data as well as presenting RCCA results

• Understanding of the quality requirements listed in AS9100 and DCMA

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with composites or manufacturing environment

• Experience with DCMA Instruction 8210

• Experience briefing senior leadership

• Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher

• 2+ years of audit/surveillance experience

• 2+ years of quality evaluation processes and leading, participating and facilitating RCCA, FAI generation, non-conformance tag creation/submission and environment

• 2+ years building PowerPoint briefings, providing status updates for manufacturing builds and metrics

• 2+ years generating, monitoring and reporting operations and manufacturing metrics

Salary Range: $65,600 - $98,400
Salary Range 2: $79,300 - $118,900
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
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 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 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. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.