Senior Principal Quality Engineer – Secret Clearance

Northrop Grumman; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 123,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Holidays and PTO

Job summary

Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Sr. Principal Quality Engineer to lead mission‑assurance activities and ensure program success. You will monitor quality, risk, and compliance across deliverables while guiding root‑cause analysis and preventive actions.

The role requires a Secret clearance, strong AS9100/ISO 9001 experience, and collaboration with suppliers and internal teams at a major defense sector facility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in STEM with 8+ years manufacturing experience, or Master’s in STEM with 6+ years.
• Ability to lead investigations, organize data, and present corrective actions.
• Active U.S. Government Secret Clearance and U.S. Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Define and monitor mission‑assurance specs to ensure program success.
• Ensure quality, risk, safety, reliability, and maintainability of deliverables.
• Lead program performance reviews and advise on resource reallocation.
• Clarify requirements and establish clear compliance paths.
• Participate in PDR/CDR to verify designs against requirements.
• Conduct contract reviews for regulatory and compliance adherence.
• Apply quantitative analysis to evaluate risks and opportunities.
• Manage configuration management and First Article Inspections.
• Identify nonconformances and drive preventive actions.
• Apply AS9100 to resolve quality-system questions.
• Verify program requirements and flow-down to supplier quality.
• Generate Basis of Estimate documentation for proposals.

Skills

Investigations leadership

Data reporting

Requirements flow-down

Root-cause analysis

Auditing

GD&T interpretation

AS9100 knowledge

ISO 9001 familiarity

Education

Bachelor's in STEM

Master's in STEM

Tools

AS9100

ISO 9001

GD&T

FAI

MRB

J-STD-001

IPC-610

IPC-620

Job description

Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD is seeking a Sr. Principal Quality Engineer to lead mission‑assurance activities and ensure program success. You will monitor quality, risk, and compliance across deliverables while guiding root‑cause analysis and preventive actions.

The role requires a Secret clearance, strong AS9100/ISO 9001 experience, and collaboration with suppliers and internal teams at a major defense sector facility.