Principal Engineer Quality

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) is seeking a dedicated Principal Quality Engineer to join our team in Baltimore, MD. This position is 100% onsite.

Primary 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.
• Processes complex non-conformances and complex Material Review dispositions from initiation through completion, via collaboration and coordination of dispositions with internal and external customers, presents same to internal and external customers to ensure timely dispositions in support of Production schedule
• 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.
• ·                Helps Facilitate process assessments to ensure optimal quality and efficiency.
• ·                Complete understanding and wide application of technical principle, theories, and concepts in the field. General knowledge of other related disciplines.
• ·                Provides technical solutions of a wide range of complex difficult problems. Solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organizational objectives.
• ·                Contributes to the completion of specific programs and projects.
• ·                Ability to mentor/ lead while working in a fast-paced environment.

Basic Qualifications for level 3 (Principal):

• 5+ years of experience in Engineering/and or Quality with a bachelor's degree; 3+ years of experience in Engineering/and or Quality with a Masters' degree.

US citizenship required and ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance

• Experience working within Quality Management Systems, AS9100 preferred.
• Experience initiating and processing discrepancies and Corrective Action.
• Experience in data mining.
• Experience performing Root Cause analysis including documentation and presentation is required.

​Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with advanced engineering and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with training and successful application of lean principles.
• Experience in ERP and MES systems.
• Experience with mechanical and non-destructive inspection techniques and tools.
• Experience with complex BOM's, composites, solar array and boom manufacturing.
• CDR, MRR, TRR process experience.
• Experience with Composites Bonding, Composites Testing.
• Experience with J –STD Soldering, Crimping, IPC Specs, Solar Cell Visual inspection, Manufacturing Planning review.
• Experience with digital Manufacturing Systems (MES) machining, etc.
• Experience with Key Characteristics Control Planning, Gage R&R and MSA analysis, First Past Yield analysis, Continual Improvement.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.