Senior Principal Quality Engineer – Data-Driven QC Leader

Northrop Grumman; United States; On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Engineer Quality to support the Conventional Prompt Strike program at the Sunnyvale, CA facility. The role emphasizes quality systems, RCCA, and supplier collaboration to ensure conformance to standards.

You will drive continuous improvements, lead inspection/process methods, and leverage analytics tools to reduce defects and uphold regulatory requirements. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in a STEM field with 8+ years in QA, manufacturing, process or mechanical eng.
• Masters in STEM with 6+ years in QA, manufacturing, process or mechanical eng.
• Experience with SAP and/or MRP.
• Experience investigating failures.
• Experience with data analytics and statistical methods.
• Experience with QMS and root cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality systems and protocols.
• Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing to ensure quality standards.
• Apply RCCA, HQMS and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure products conform to standards and regulatory requirements.
• Identify and review product non-conformances.
• Use data to drive quality decisions and actions.
• Support process assessments and audits.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings and MIL-STDs.
• Disposition HW defects and non-conformances, MRB/DTO as needed.
• Develop methods for inspecting and testing precision and accuracy.
• Design inspection/testing processes; perform statistical analysis.

Skills

Root Cause Corrective Actions

Data Analytics

Statistical Analysis

QMS experience

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in STEM

Master's Degree in STEM

Tools

SAP

MRP

Excel

Minitab

Power BI

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Engineer Quality to support the Conventional Prompt Strike program at the Sunnyvale, CA facility. The role emphasizes quality systems, RCCA, and supplier collaboration to ensure conformance to standards.

You will drive continuous improvements, lead inspection/process methods, and leverage analytics tools to reduce defects and uphold regulatory requirements. U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain/maintain a Secret clearance are required.