Quality Engineer Manager 2

Northrop Grumman • Oxnard, CA

3d • $133,100 - $199,700 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring a Quality Engineer Manager – Level 2 in Oxnard, California. The position is 100% onsite and does not accommodate telecommuting. The role leads a team and supports quality objectives for mission-critical programs, working across quality, engineering, manufacturing, and other functional teams. The position follows a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off, and requires travel 25% of the time.

The role develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation and control systems for materials and products. It works with engineering and manufacturing to establish quality standards; devises methods for inspecting, testing, and evaluating products and production equipment; audits quality systems; and ensures corrective measures and documentation meet applicable reliability and compliance requirements. Areas of quality specialization may include design, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, and research and development.

The manager is accountable for quality inspection and engineering resource and budget planning, the effectiveness and use of the Quality Management System, and quality training. The position also supports proposals, serves as Management Representative as required under AS9100, and coordinates third-party audits. The listed salary range is $133,100 to $199,700. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance; no clearance is required to start.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of professional experience; an additional 4 or more years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Top Secret security clearance.
• Experience with Quality Management Systems, including AS9100, ISO 9001, NADCAP, and government standards.
• Ability to communicate, manage, and achieve site tactical and strategic goals for an assigned value stream.
• Understanding of quality KPIs and implementation of process improvements based on metrics.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the Northrop Grumman Quality Management System.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and AS9100.
• Experience with and knowledge of NDT inspection requirements and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team within the larger organizational unit, establish objectives, and guide subordinates in accordance with goals, objectives, and company policy.
• Analyze alternative courses of action and make decisions with risk/reward implications for a program or area of influence.
• Coordinate with functional managers, process center leaders, value stream leaders, and value stream owners to meet division, value stream, and quality objectives.
• Establish and administer operating procedures and policies affecting the organizational unit and subordinate units; interpret, execute, and recommend policy modifications.
• Coordinate with mission assurance, production quality engineering, and manufacturing teams to achieve program quality, delivery, and cost objectives; provide proposal support.
• Serve as Management Representative as required under AS9100 and coordinate third-party audits, ensuring resources are prepared and available.
• Plan quality inspection and quality engineering resources and budgets.
• Ensure the Quality Management System is effective and followed.
• Review trend metrics and analyze misses.
• Facilitate root-cause determination and resolve quality issues, including nonconformance, corrective action, and EIDP.
• Develop and execute a quality inspection training plan.
• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing to establish quality standards; devise inspection, testing, and evaluation methods for products and production equipment.
• Audit quality systems to identify deficiencies and ensure corrective measures and documentation meet requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Depending on position eligibility, overtime, shift differential, and discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager