Principal Quality Engineer

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 Mission Systems Sector is seeking a Principal Quality Engineer 3 to join our team in Baltimore, MD.

• →Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product. 
• →May have experience in a MRP system.
• →Collaborate with contracts, inspection, manufacturing operations, and shipping.
• →Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place. 
• →Introduction to Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) and Continuous Improvement activities. 
• →Maintains Key Performance Metrics (SRR, FTTTY, FTTIY, test data, etc.) and Charts used to identify trends and track performance process and quality performance. 
• →Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards. 
• →Identifies and review product non-conformances. 
• →Uses data to make Quality decisions. 
• →Implements and enforces adherence to Work Instructions to fit program quality objectives. 
• →Support Functional/ Physical Process Assessments.  
• →Presents Quality and/or Manufacturing status at program meetings, including Corrective Action Board (CAB).
• →Devises and implements methods and procedures, for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment. 
• →Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. 
• →Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
• →Leads and implements Continuous Improvements to reduce defect count.
• →May be certified in Lean and Six Sigma quality engineering methodologies.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failures and identifying root causes or in Manufacturing, Process, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering field of work performing technical job functions; OR a Master’s Degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failures and identifying root causes or in Manufacturing, Process, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering field of work
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship required

• Experience with ISO9001 or AS9100 Quality Management System and AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAI)
• Green/Black Belt Certified in Lean Six-sigma
• Certified in Lean and Six-Sigma methodologies
• Ability to acquire U.S. Government Special Access Clearance
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, Minitab or equivalent tools for statistical analysis