Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a 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.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM with 2 years of relevant experience, OR a Masters degree in STEM with 0 years experience

• Active DoD Secret Clearance

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

• Must have Experience with Data Analysis

• Must have Experience with Six-Sigma quality engineering methodologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Aerospace or Military background

• Special Program Access

• Advanced experience with Excel

• RCCA experience