Principal Quality Engineer/Sr. Principal Quality Engineer 3/4

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Principal Quality Engineer / Sr. Principal Quality Engineer in Apopka, FL to support the Quality and Mission Assurance team. You will develop and maintain quality controls, partner with engineering and manufacturing, and lead audits to ensure process improvement and product compliance.

The role requires strong technical communication, teamwork, and hands-on QA methods across design, material and production stages, with travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• BS in STEM with 5+ years of QA/engineering experience, investigating failures and root causes.
• MS in STEM with 3+ years QA/engineering experience.
• 1+ year QA/engineering experience with a Master's Degree in STEM.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols for processing materials into finished products.
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing to establish and uphold quality standards.
• Design, analyze, and implement inspection and testing processes and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests and statistical analyses.

Skills

Technical communication

Interpersonal skills

Education

BS in STEM

MS in STEM

Tools

Flow charts

Pareto charts

Control charts

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time 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.

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 Mission Systems (NGMS) is looking for a Principal Quality Engineer / Sr. Principal Quality Engineer to support the Quality and Mission Assurance team located in Apopka, FL . The selected candidate will demonstrate solid written and verbal technical communication skills and strong interpersonal abilities. Builds and sustains positive relationships with stakeholders and customers at all levels from shop-floor interactions to senior management briefings.

What You'll Get To Do:

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

Partner with engineering and manufacturing to establish and uphold quality standards.

Design, analyze, and implement inspection and testing processes and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests, perform statistical analyses to determine cost and responsibility for non-conforming parts.

Audit quality systems, identify deficiencies, and drive corrective actions that meet reliability and documentation requirements; plan, conduct, report, and follow-up on audits to ensure compliance and continual process improvement.

Review contracts/SOWs/drawings to evaluate, interpret and apply company policies, ISO 9000, AS9102, MIL, IPC, and other standards applicable.

Interface with production-floor roles (inspection, assembly, operations) and communicate clearly with all stakeholders.

Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement through root-cause analysis and corrective-action planning.

Define, classify, and control quality characteristics for products, processes, and services; develop and validate control plans and work-instruction updates.

Manage nonconformances across the facility, lead cross-functional containments to ensure product compliance.

Create, use, and interpret quality-control tools (flowcharts, Pareto, control charts) and conduct benchmarking to drive system-wide improvements.

Facilitate team collaboration with brainstorming, conflict-resolution, and other facilitation techniques.

Interpret technical drawings and specifications to verify compliance with design requirements.

Develop and analyze Failure Mode and Effects Analyses (FMEAs) to identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.

Specialize in design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation & reliability, inventory control, or R&D as they apply to product or process quality.

Basic Qualifications for a Level 3:

Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failures and identifying root causes or in Manufacturing, Process, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field of work performing technical job functions; OR a minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failures and identifying root causes or in Manufacturing, Process, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field of work performing technical job functions with a Masters Degree in a STEM field; OR a minimum of 1 year of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failu