Principal Engineer Quality

Principal Quality Engineer

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is looking for a Principal Quality Engineer to join our team in Linthicum, MD on a dynamic and exciting program within the Northrop Grumman Corporation portfolio.

Some of the duties will be:

• Works with cross functional groups to apply and maintain the AS9100 quality management system at ATL: fab, test, and assembly areas.
• Encourages and utilizes continuous improvement to better site operations and help internal and external customers of ATL.
• Develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
• Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
• Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
• Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
• Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction. Ensures 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.
• May have Software Quality Experience.
• Preferred experience in semiconductor manufacturing and/or test environment.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors in STEM field and a minimum of five years professional technical or fabrication experience
• Experience in a Quality Management System (ISO9001 or AS9100 preferred)
• Experience working in cross functional teams
• Experience working with and enforcing design specifications
• Experienced using software/tools for statistical analysis.
• Experience working in a customer service role/function
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance
• US Citizenship required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Security Clearance
• Experience with Material Review Board (MRB) process.
• Experience with SAP
• Experience with electrical and/or mechanical design requirements and specifications.
• Green/Black Belt Certified in Lean Six-sigma.
• SAP experience with Quality Notifications, Production Orders and Purchase Orders.
• Experience in a Semi-conductor Fab.
• Experience as part of Root Cause Analysis or Risk Management teams.
• Experience with data analysis with experience in presenting data.
• Experience with dispositioning hardware for quality related issues in a manufacturing facility.