Principal Quality Analyst / Sr Principal Quality Analyst

Northrop Grumman•Iuka, MS

63d•$77,000 - $144,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Mission Assurance Team is seeking a Principal Quality Analyst or Senior Principal Quality Analyst located in Iuka, MS. This role involves developing and implementing program quality plans, ensuring performance and quality conform to established standards, partnering with engineers and inspection teams, creating First Articles of Inspection, reviewing quality discrepancies, attending meetings, investigating problems, recommending preventative actions, interfacing with various representatives, building briefings on manufacturing trends, and informing management of negative trends or risks. The role may be filled at either the Principal or Senior Principal level based on qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree with 5 years of experience in Quality; or Masters Degree with 3 years of experience in Quality; or PhD with 1 year of experience in Quality (for Principal Quality Analyst).
Bachelors Degree with 8 years of experience in Quality; or Masters Degree with 6 years of experience in Quality; or PhD with 4 years of experience in Quality (for Senior Principal Quality Analyst).
Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Edge and other office systems experience.
Develop, collect, and track metrics for process health and performance monitoring.
Experience developing, modifying, applying, and maintaining quality evaluation & control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
Experience editing, reviewing and implementing methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
Experience performing quality system audits for deficiency identification and correction.
QMS experience (AS9100, AS9102, ISO 9001, or ISO 9000).
Experience in developing or reviewing Root Cause / Corrective Action activities.
Experience with writing Material Review Board Discrepancies and Dispositions.
Experience in processing data collection, analysis, and metric reporting.
Experience with quality controls and/or non-conformance controls.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret or higher clearance.
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance.
U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

Nice To Haves

Prior auditing and inspection experience.
SAP and CPLM experience.
Experience inspecting composite cures, hydraulic & fuel line installations and electrical cable installs for defects.
Experience with Risk Analysis and Management.
Experience with document control process.
Experience with quality controls and/or non-conformance controls in a manufacturing environment.
Ability to work under limited supervision.
Self-Starter and ability to work through an issue to closure.
Ability to work with individuals at all levels including management, peers, and outside customers.
Excellent organizational skills to include the ability to multi-task, meet deadlines, track actions, provide updates to leadership and close-out constraints/action items as completed.
Excellent communication, interpersonal skills, and the ability to interface with all levels of employees, management and outside customers.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses.
Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards.
Monitors and presents manufacturing performance metrics to Cost Center Operational and Program Management leaders and recommends, based on metric trends, training focus areas that will support scheduled deliverables.
Partner with Manufacturing and Quality Engineers, and Inspection Teams to document and ensure the right corrective or course of action is best for the customer and part being manufactured.
Create and edit First Articles of Inspection and ensure compliance to AS9102.
Reviews, analyzes, and reports on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, hydraulic and fuel system lines, and electrical & electro-mechanical systems.
Attend and brief assigned Cost Center meetings and address any requested actions.
Investigates problems and develops corrective actions for recurring discrepancies.
Recommend preventative process and procedural changes to prevent defects.
Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met.
Build briefings that are focused on manufacturing metric trends with recommended Corrective Actions to help stop negative trends and prevent additional negative trends.
Must be able to review and analyze metrics that Cost Center Operational and Program Management leaders need to ensure their teams success.
Informs management quickly of any negative trends or detrimental quality risks that potentially affect manufacturing schedule.
Actively participates in maintaining, updating and implementing the Quality plan.
Documenting Material Review Board Discrepancies (MRB) and developing MRB dispositions as level’s of responsibilities, knowledge and experience increases.