Principal Engineer Quality

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No 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. Mission Systems is seeking a Principal Engineer Quality to provide product‑focused quality leadership for the NIMS program located in Salt Lake City, UT. This role owns and executes the Sell‑Off / End Item Data Package (EIDP) process and provides quality engineering support across the product lifecycle. The Principal Quality Engineer will work closely with engineering, program management, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer representatives to ensure that quality requirements are clearly defined, properly flowed down, and effectively verified from incoming material through final product acceptance. What you will get to do: • Serve as the primary quality point of contact for NIMS Sell‑Off / EIDP activities in Salt Lake City. • Plan, develop, and maintain Sell‑Off / EIDP content, including configuration listings, as‑built records, test data, inspection reports, material certifications, waivers/deviations, and other required artifacts. • Ensure customer, contractual, and internal quality requirements are correctly interpreted, flowed into program plans, and verified at product acceptance. • Lead and/or support customer Sell‑Off events, including agenda preparation, package walk‑throughs, discrepancy resolution, and formal acceptance documentation. • Coordinate with Systems, Test, Manufacturing, and Software Engineering to ensure requirements traceability and objective evidence are complete and accurate. MRB / Nonconformance Management / Supplier & Material Flow • Support the MRB process for NIMS hardware, including review of nonconformances, participation in MRB activities, and ensuring that dispositions align with engineering, quality, and contractual requirements. • Work with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain to support evaluation and disposition of nonconforming product, including use‑as‑is, repair, and scrap decisions, and to ensure proper documentation and traceability. • Provide quality engineering support to Receiving Inspection, including review and support of inspection plans, sampling plans, and acceptance criteria for incoming material and supplier hardware. • Support the Vendor Material Disposition Area (VMDA) by helping ensure timely and accurate segregation, tagging, disposition, and documentation of nonconforming supplier material. Product & Process Quality • Collaborate with manufacturing and test organizations to ensure build records, test data, nonconformance documentation, and rework/repair records meet program and customer expectations. • Identify, document, and help drive closure of nonconformances, defects, and escapes associated with product acceptance and EIDPs. • Support and/or lead Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) using structured problem‑solving methods (e.g., 5‑Why, Fishbone, 8D) and help ensure effective corrective/preventive action