Quality Engineering Manager 1

Northrop Grumman • Commerce, CA

4d • $110,000 - $165,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman’s Space Sector is hiring a Quality Engineering Manager – Level 1 in Commerce, California. The position is 100% onsite and does not accommodate telecommuting. It follows a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off, and requires travel 10% of the time. No clearance is required to start.

The manager leads a team within a larger organizational unit and is responsible for daily operations, including direct supervision, work assignments, schedules, workflow, and operating costs. The role develops, modifies, applies, and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products. It also collaborates with engineering and manufacturing, implements inspection and testing methods, audits quality systems, and ensures corrective actions meet reliability standards and documentation requirements. Areas of specialization may include design, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, or research and development as they apply to product or process quality. The role may involve lean and Six Sigma quality engineering methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of professional experience, or a master’s degree and at least 3 years of professional experience.
• At least 2 years of experience managing or leading people and/or processes in a manufacturing or production environment.
• 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 (NG QMS).
• Familiarity with ISO 9001 and AS9100.
• Experience with and knowledge of nondestructive testing (NDT) inspection requirements and processes.
• Experience with and knowledge of weld inspection requirements and processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team’s daily operations, including direct supervision, work assignments, schedules, workflow, and operating costs.
• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished products.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Devise and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Audit quality systems to identify deficiencies and ensure their correction.
• Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and documentation complies with requirements.
• Support quality in areas such as design, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control, or research and development.
• Communicate, manage, and achieve site tactical and strategic goals for the assigned value stream.
• Use quality KPIs and metrics to implement process improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Savings plan.
• Company-paid holidays.
• Paid time off for vacation and/or personal business.
• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

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