Principal Engineer Quality
Listed on 2026-02-06
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Engineering
Quality Engineering, Process Engineer -
Quality Assurance - QA/QC
Quality Engineering
Requisition : R
Category: Engineering
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Clearance Type: Secret
Telecommute: No - Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: 1st Shift (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Positions Available: 1
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. 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.
We’re looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies. By joining in our shared mission, we’ll support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field or an industry thought leader. Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a talented Principal Quality Analyst to support our Baltimore, MD site.
Primary Responsibilities:
Develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
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 Material Review dispositions from initiation through completion, collaborating and coordinating dispositions with internal and external customers.
May specialize in 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.
Facilitates process assessments to ensure optimal quality and efficiency.
Provides technical solutions to a wide range of complex problems 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 in STEM; or 3+ years of experience in Engineering and/or Quality with a Master's degree in STEM.
U.S. citizenship required and ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance.
Experience working within Quality Management Systems.
Experience in ERP or MES systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with J-STD Soldering, Crimping, IPC Specs, Solar Cell Visual inspection, Manufacturing Planning review.
Experience initiating and processing discrepancies and Corrective Action.
Experience in data mining.
Experience performing Root Cause analysis including documentation and presentation.
Experience in facilitation of process assessments to ensure optimal quality and efficiency.
Experience and understanding of Continuous Improvement.
Experience with advanced engineering and manufacturing processes.
Experience with training and successful application of lean principles.
Experience with mechanical and non-destructive inspection techniques and tools.
CDR, MRR, TRR, PRR process experience.
Experience with digital Manufacturing Systems (MES) machining, etc.
Experience with Key Characteristics Control Planning, Gage R&R and MSA analysis, First Pass…
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