Principal Quality Engineer – DoD Secret, Baltimore

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Quality Engineer on-site to develop, implement, and maintain quality systems and processes for complex defense programs.

You will partner with engineering and manufacturing, conduct audits, apply statistical methods, review contracts and drawings, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience with Data Analytics and Statistical Analysis methods and techniques.
• Experience mentoring employees.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols for processing materials.
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing to uphold quality standards.
• Design, analyze, and implement inspection and testing processes and equipment; conduct QA tests and statistical analyses.
• Audit quality systems, identify deficiencies, and drive corrective actions for compliance and improvement.
• Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement through root-cause analysis.
• Review contracts/drawings to apply policies and standards (ISO 9000, AS9102, MIL, IPC).
• Interface with production-floor roles and communicate with stakeholders.
• Define, classify, and control quality characteristics; develop control plans and work-instruction updates.
• Manage nonconformances and lead cross-functional containment actions.
• Create and interpret quality-control tools (flowcharts, Pareto, control charts) and FMEAs.
• Interpret drawings and GD&T to verify design requirement compliance.
• Apply benchmarking to drive system-wide quality improvements.
• Facilitate team collaboration and conflict-resolution in quality projects.
• Specialize in design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, reliability, or R&D as needed.

Skills

Data Analytics

Statistical Analysis

Mentoring

US Citizenship

DoD Secret Clearance Capability

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master's Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Quality Engineer on-site to develop, implement, and maintain quality systems and processes for complex defense programs.

You will partner with engineering and manufacturing, conduct audits, apply statistical methods, review contracts and drawings, and drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.