Quality Technician 3 or Quality Technician 4

There is currently an opening for a Quality Technician 3 or Quality Technician 4 to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position falls under one of Northrop Grumman's Small Business Units, Sonoma Photonics, Inc. and will be located onsite in Santa Rosa, CA

Essential Functions:

• Adhere to and support the Quality Management System

• Experience handling/cleaning substrates, performing inspection and measurements of optics and other thin film products

• Perform testing processes, measurements, and analysis of receiving materials, packaging materials, in-process materials/products, and finished products from suppliers and manufacturing to ensure that quality standards and compliance to customer and regulatory requirements are met and tolerance specifications for the chemical, spectral, or physical property are in conformance

• Learn and utilize a variety of metrology equipment necessary for testing and inspection of materials and products

• Support the maintenance, calibration, and certification of metrology equipment and instruments and ensure compliance

• Prepares and monitors quality statistics and reports

• Reviews production records for conformance to procedures and follows proper documentation processes

• Conducts non-conformance tests of materials and manufactured product

• Ability to analyze data and create methods to analyze data

This requisition may be filled at a higher grade based on qualifications listed below.

Basic Qualifications:

• Quality Technician 3: High School Diploma or equivalent and 4 years of hands-on quality assurance experience in the optical thin-film or similar industry

• Quality Technician 4: High School diploma or equivalent and 6 years of hands-on quality assurance experience in the optical thin-film or similar industry

• Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and methods

• Acute attention to detail

• Good math/quantitative skills

• Good verbal communication skills

• Well versed with computer programs including Excel and Word to collect data and document data/information as well as other equipment computer programs to collect and evaluate operating data

• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Security clearance

• Candidate must be able to work a flexible shift

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with thin film optical materials and thin film characterization techniques

• Familiarity with AS9100

• Active DoD Security clearance

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.