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About the role
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.
We are looking for you to join our Northrop Grumman Mission Systems team as a Quality Engineer based out of San Diego, CA (Rancho Carmel).
What you'll get to do:
• This role will support the Integrated Product Team on our manufacturing site and will provide quality support.
• Work activities will be focused on Material Review as part of the Nonconforming Material Control process, Corrective Actions & Root Cause Investigations, and quality data analysis and reports.
• The successful candidate 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.
The ideal candidate must be able to communicate written and verbally and be familiar with QMS (ISO 9001, AS9100, and etc..).The ideal candidate must be able to work with multifunctional manufacturing teams.
Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Quality:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with 2 years of Quality, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, or Quality Analyst experience; Master’s degree in engineering or other STEM-related field with 0 years of Quality, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, or Quality Analyst experience.
• RCCA experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance, and SAP (Special Access Program).
• US Citizenship required
Preferred Qualifications:
• Aerospace, Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering experience.
• QMS experience.
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis processes.
• Experience performing drawing reviews, and experience with electrical or mechanical design requirements and specifications.
• Experience with various Inspection Methods and GR&R (Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility).
• Experience with Preliminary or Material Review Board Process and dispositioning material in a manufacturing facility
• Active Secret Clearance.
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Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00
The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a num
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