Engineer Quality or Principal Engineer Quality
- Location:
- Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
About Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever-evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 90,000 employees are Defining Possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will allow you to work together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for a Program Quality Engineer / Principal Program Quality Engineer for Charlottesville, VA
The selected candidate will:
Establish and apply strong technical knowledge in quality engineering, specification/standards, drawing interpretation, measurement and analysis methods, processes and products, and relevant technologies.
Identify and resolve complex technical and quality problems, issues, and defects on the production floor through problem-solving methodology, root cause investigations and root cause investigation and corrective action implementations.
Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process, and/or other control procedures.
Interface directly with subcontractor personnel and assess both supplier quality and manufacturing processes and procedures.
Manage subcontractor requests for waivers, deviations and discrepancy reporting process.
Coordinate/collaborate with external quality teams in data gathering, problem-solving, and risk mitigation to ensure quality standards are in place and maintained.
Communicate program execution status and quality metrics to a wide audience of professionals and leadership.
Review and evaluate non-conforming material for compliance to drawings, specifications, and standards.
Provide engineering and manufacturing support for the inspection and quality engineering organization, while assisting in the corrective action board (CAB) and data-gathering and analysis.
Facilitate Root Cause and Corrective Action activities, and drive to closure.
Perform manufacturing assessments and audits while collaborating with the compliance team.
Conduct evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
Be willing to travel to subcontractor sites (east coast U.S.) to support final acceptance testing and customer buyoff.
This position may be filled at a level 2 or 3, depending on experience.
Basic Qualifications for a Level 2:
Bachelor's degree in a related STEM field.
Relevant experience of 2+ Years with Bachelors in Science or 0+ Years with Masters
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, US citizenship.
Experience with an enterprise resource planning and/or manufacturing execution systems such as SAP.
Ability to travel a minimum of 50% (U.S. east coast vendor visits and Bethpage, NY site).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with interpreting CAD data, blueprints and schematics.
Experience to work in cross-functional teams to resolve problems or issues.
Experience working in Aerospace and/or Maritime in a manufacturing Quality role.
Experience in SAE AS9100 quality management system and related AS91xx standards , and IPC Industry Standards (J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and/or IPC-A-620).
OR
This position may be filled at a level 2 or 3, depending on experience.
Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:
Bachelor's degree in a related STEM field.
Relevant experience of 5+ Years with Bachelors in Science; 3+ of relevant years with Masters
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance, US citizenship.
Experience with an enterprise resource planning and/or manufacturing execution systems such as SAP.
Ability to travel a minimum of 50% (U.S. east coast vendor visits and Bethpage, NY site).
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with interpreting CAD data, blueprints and schematics.
Experience to work in cross-functional teams to resolve problems or issues.
Experience working in Aerospace and/or Maritime in a manufacturing Quality role.
Experience in SAE AS9100 quality management system and related AS91xx standards , and IPC Industry Standards (J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and/or IPC-A-620).