Principal / Sr. Principal Quality Analyst

Northrop Grumman•Edwards AFB, CA

3d•$94,200 - $176,300•Onsite

About The Position

At Northrop Grumman, we are seeking a Principal / Sr. Principal Quality Analyst to join our team. This role involves developing and implementing program quality plans, processes, and procedures using statistical quality control, lean manufacturing concepts, and Six Sigma tools. You will ensure that performance, products, and services meet established company, customer, and regulatory standards. Responsibilities include reviewing and analyzing quality discrepancies, investigating problems, developing corrective actions, and interfacing with various stakeholders to ensure compliance. You will also evaluate maintenance processes and equipment, perform quality assurance inspections and process audits, and ensure material components comply with standards. Additionally, you will review quality trend analyses, maintain liaison with relevant personnel to resolve quality problems, and collaborate with Program Management on performance metrics. This position may be offered at either the Principal or Sr. Principal level.

Requirements

Principal: Bachelors degree with 5 years of Aerospace experience handling and loading munitions on fighter or bomber aircraft; or Masters degree and 3 years of experience.
Sr Principal: Bachelors degree with 8 years of Aerospace experience handling and loading munitions on fighter or bomber aircraft; or Masters degree and 6 years of experience.
Must have Weapons Evaluation and Training experience.
Excellent written and oral communications skills.
Excellent time management and organizational skills.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationship at all levels.
Must be able to work in-person/on-site.
Proficient in using Microsoft Word, MS excel, and PowerPoint.
Must be willing to work a flexible work schedule that may include extended shifts, holidays, and weekends and support on call status for 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, 365 days a year.
Must have and maintain a valid U.S. passport.
Accept customer furnished quarters for a period up to 120 days away from primary work location and comply with mobility requirements.
Your ability to transfer and maintain the final adjudicated government Secret clearance, and any program access(es) required for the position within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company.

Nice To Haves

Active Government Top Secret clearance.
Interpreting engineering/inspection requirements per customer specifications.
Experience extracting metrics to tack process health.
Test and Evaluation experience.
Experience in QMS development, implementation, and maintenance to the ISO 9001 or AS9100 standard.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement program quality plans, processes, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses.
Ensure that performance, products, and services conform to established company, customer, and regulatory standards.
Review, analyze, and report on quality discrepancies related to assembly, maintenance, and processes.
Investigate problems and develop disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies.
Interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, supplier and subcontractor representatives to ensure compliance with requirements.
Recommend corrective actions, dispositions and modifications.
Evaluate maintenance processes and equipment to determine capability, improve efficiency, and assure quality standards.
Perform quality assurance inspections, process audits, and surveillance on all phases of maintenance and sustainment.
Assure all material components used comply with applicable standards.
Determine procedures for controlling product and process quality.
Review quality trend analyses and related quality performance and customer satisfaction data.
Maintain liaison with manufacturing, engineering, material management, supplier, and customer personnel to resolve quality problems.
Review and extraction of contract requirements for implementation in documented processes and procedure executable by the workforce.
Collaborate with Program Management in the development of performance metrics in the areas of customer satisfaction, product/service performance, process performance and supplier/subcontractor performance.