Senior Quality Engineer - 2nd Shift (Secret Clearance)

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plan

Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Education Assistance

Training and Development

9/80 Work Schedule

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Baltimore, MD seeks a Principal Quality Engineer for an on-site, second shift role. You will develop and maintain quality systems, partner with engineering and manufacturing, and lead quality improvement across the production processes.

The position requires advanced degrees in STEM and strong analytics, mentoring, and DoD-level security clearance readiness. Expect cross-functional collaboration and leadership in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. in a related STEM field with 5+ years in QA/engineering.
• M.S. in a related STEM field with 3+ years in QA/engineering.
• Ph.D. in a related STEM field with 1+ year in QA/engineering.
• Experience with data analytics and statistical analysis methods.
• Experience mentoring employees.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance (US citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols for processing materials into semi-finished or finished products.
• 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 reliability and documentation.
• Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement via root-cause analysis and corrective-action planning.
• Review contracts, SOWs, drawings to apply standards (ISO 9000, AS9102, MIL, IPC).
• Interface with production-floor roles and communicate with stakeholders.
• Define and control quality characteristics; develop control plans and work-instruction updates.
• Manage nonconformances; lead cross-functional containment efforts.
• Create, use and interpret QC tools and FMEAs; interpret GD&T drawings for design compliance.

Skills

Data analytics

Statistical analysis

Mentoring

Root cause analysis

Process improvement

Security clearance

Education

B.S. in STEM

M.S. in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM

Tools

Minitab

Excel

Power BI

SQL

SAP

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Baltimore, MD seeks a Principal Quality Engineer for an on-site, second shift role. You will develop and maintain quality systems, partner with engineering and manufacturing, and lead quality improvement across the production processes.

The position requires advanced degrees in STEM and strong analytics, mentoring, and DoD-level security clearance readiness. Expect cross-functional collaboration and leadership in a dynamic environment.