Principal/Senior Principal Quality Analyst

Northrop Grumman•Charlottesville, VA

13d•$81,400 - $152,200•Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Quality Analyst or Senior Principal Quality Analyst to support manufacturing operations at their Waynesboro, VA facility. This role involves ensuring critical features and performance characteristics are included in the product verification process, developing and maintaining inspection plans, analyzing processes and tools, and evaluating vendor performance. The position is contingent upon proposal/task award and may be filled at either the Principal or Senior Principal level depending on candidate qualifications.

Requirements

High School Diploma plus a minimum of 9 years of experience with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR an Associate’s degree plus a minimum of 7 years of mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR a Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 5 years with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR a Master’s degree plus a minimum of 3 years with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain (for Principal Quality Analyst)
High School Diploma plus a minimum of 12 years of experience with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR an Associate’s degree plus a minimum of 10 years of mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR a Bachelor’s degree plus a minimum of 8 years with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain OR a Master’s degree plus a minimum of 6 years with mechanical inspection, manufacturing, or supply chain (for Senior Principal Quality Analyst)
Experience reading engineering documentation and inspect drawings and parts lists, inspection plans, and supplemental instructions.
Experience in Quality Analysis tools, such as Ishikawa, FMEA, DOE, 8D, 5 Why.
Ability to move and position objects weighing up to 35 pounds.
Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance and higher-level program clearance(s).
US citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Proficient in MS Office Suite
Active Secret clearance
Experience working with MES, SAP S/4 AND HQMS
Proficient with AS9102 and AS9100D Aerospace standards
Working knowledge or certification(s) in IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 and J-STD-001 standards
Working knowledge and experience with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) IAW ASME Y14.5

Responsibilities

Interface with internal engineering resources and material suppliers to ensure critical features and performance characteristics are included in the product verification process.
Develop and maintain inspection plans and other departmental process control documents.
Analyze various processes within the departments and work with the team to evaluate current tools and techniques for potential upgrade/replacement.
Utilize material forecast tools to proactively develop inspection documentation before material arrives.
Analyze and incorporate vendor performance and material criticality into inspection plans.
Analyze performance data and provide recommendations for corrective actions.
Monitor and verify quality in accordance with statistical process and/or other control procedures.
Develop, organize, and administer standard training documents for various inspection activities (Mechanical, Quality Notifications, etc. processes).
Evaluate current inspection techniques/tools and make recommendations for replacement by newer technology.
May be called on to perform inspections during high workload periods.
Conduct internal quality and process audits as assigned.