Quality Assurance Engineer

1 day ago


Sterling, Virginia, United States Northrop Grumman Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer or Principal Quality Assurance Engineer to join our team at Northrop Grumman. The successful candidate will be responsible for reducing the Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) by identifying actionable trends, making a business case, and working within the assigned Work Center(s) to drive improvements with the end goal of reducing the number of Non-conformances.

Key Responsibilities
  • Review nonconformance reports for data accuracy.
  • Review practices, procedures and processes seeking avenues to improve efficiency and effectiveness and reduce risk to product quality.
  • Understand technical and Mission Assurance (MA) requirements and ensure these requirements are integrated into specifications and product drawings.
  • Provide information in discrepancy review, failure investigations, as well as cause and corrective action determinations.
  • Support Mission Assurance at different review boards such as a Corrective Action Boards (CAB), & Material Review Boards (MRB).
  • Provide tracking and reporting metrics and provide support of internal and external MA briefings.
  • Support root cause and problem solving analysis.
  • Assist in monitoring the COPQ for systemic issues and take/make recommendations for Corrective Actions.
  • Ensure approved tasks from Nonconforming Reports, Material Review Boards (MRBs) and Failure Review Boards (FRBs) are completed expeditiously.
  • Use or review outputs from Root Cause analysis tools (Ex: Fishbone, Fault Tree, 5-Why)
  • Develop or contribute to Design of Experiments
  • Reviews, designs and analyzes manufacturing, integration, inspection and testing processes and work instructions
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related STEM field
  • Minimum of 2 years (Quality Assurance Engineer) or 5 years (Principal Quality Assurance Engineer) of experience in at least one area of manufacturing, integration, or any other part of the product life cycle.
  • U.S. citizen
  • Ability to obtain and maintain Top Secret/SCI clearance
Preferred Qualifications
  • Active TS/SCI clearance
  • Six Sigma/Lean training
  • ASQ certifications relevant to the position
  • SharePoint forms and workflows
  • Excel Pivot Tables and Power Query
  • Python
  • Minitab
  • Working knowledge of J-STD/NASA workmanship specifications, with regard to Circuit Card Assembly (CCA), Harness and Space System Integration.


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