Senior Quality Engineer - Systems & Process Excellence

Northrop Grumman Corp.; Sykesville (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance coverage

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sykesville, MD, seeks a Principal Quality Engineer/Sr Principal Quality Engineer to join our team. The role can be filled at Level 3 or 4.

You will develop and maintain quality systems, partner with engineering, conduct QA tests, perform analyses, and drive continuous improvements across the production chain. Primary responsibilities include reviewing drawings and specifications, applying ISO/AS standards, leading audits, and mentoring cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM field with a minimum of 5 years engineering experience in Quality Assurance, or 3 years with a Masters, or 1 year with a PhD.
• Experience with Data Analytics and Statistical Analysis methods and techniques.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Secret Clearance.
• US Citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols for processing materials into semi-finished or finished products (concise).
• Partner with engineering and manufacturing to establish and uphold quality standards (concise).
• Design, analyze, and implement inspection and testing processes and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests and statistics to determine cost and responsibility for non-conforming parts (concise).
• Audit quality systems, identify deficiencies, drive corrective actions, plan and follow-up on audits (concise).
• Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement through root-cause analysis and corrective-action planning (concise).
• Review contracts, SOWs, drawings to evaluate standards (concise).
• Interface with production-floor roles and communicate with stakeholders (concise).
• Define, classify, and control quality characteristics; develop control plans and work-instruction updates (concise).
• Manage nonconformances; lead cross-functional containment (concise).
• Create and interpret QC tools and FMEAs; interpret drawings with GD&T symbols (concise).
• Apply benchmarking techniques to drive system-wide quality improvements (concise).
• Facilitate team collaboration and problem-solving (concise).
• Specialize in design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, reliability, inventory, or R&D as they apply to quality (concise).

Skills

Data analytics

Statistical analysis

AI/SQL/BI awareness

Quality improvement

Root-cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Microsoft Excel

Minitab

Education

Bachelor of Science in STEM

Master's Degree in STEM

PhD in STEM

Tools

SAP

Excel

Minitab

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Sykesville, MD, seeks a Principal Quality Engineer/Sr Principal Quality Engineer to join our team. The role can be filled at Level 3 or 4.

You will develop and maintain quality systems, partner with engineering, conduct QA tests, perform analyses, and drive continuous improvements across the production chain. Primary responsibilities include reviewing drawings and specifications, applying ISO/AS standards, leading audits, and mentoring cross‑functional teams.