Principal Quality Engineer (Level 3)

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: No Description At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work - and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking a Principal Quality Engineer (Level 3) to join our Launch Vehicles' Quality team in Chandler, AZ.
Due to the sensitive nature of our work this is a fully on-site position; hybrid or remote work is not available. Relocation is not offered for this role.
The successful candidate will:

Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.

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.

Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducting quality assurance tests; and performing statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.

Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.

May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies.

Work with Engineering test sets and ensure proper Quality standards are in place to process hardware.

Collaborate with Engineering team for engineering development.

Develop corrective action plans for software and hardware processing through plant.

Investigate failures internally to identify root cause on flight hardware.

Work with technicians to develop root cause findings on flight hardware.

Have the ability to implement Kaizan strategies to reduce defect count on manufacturing floor.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (STEM) +5 years of relevant experience OR Masters Degree + 3 years of experience

Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance, which generally requires US Citizenship as a prerequisite