Quality Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance availableCLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: NoCLEARANCE TYPE: SecretTRAVEL: 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.

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a talented Engineer Quality to join our team in Rolling Meadows, IL.

The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Multidomain Sensing, Targeting and Survivability Division’s Mission Survivability Systems or Electronic Warfare Targeting Business Unit.  

What you will get to do:

• Develop, modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems, and protocols for processing materials into semi-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 standards and documentation requirements.  
• Review contracts/SOWs/drawings to evaluate, interpret, and apply company policies, ISO 9000, AS9102, MIL, IPC, and other standards applicable to designs and processes.
• Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement through root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action planning.
• Interface with production‑floor roles (inspection, assembly, operations) and communicate clearly with all stakeholders.
• 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.
• Use and interpret quality‑control tools (flowcharts, Pareto, control charts) and apply benchmarking to drive system‑wide improvements.
• Interpret technical drawings and specifications to verify compliance with design requirements
• Facilitate team collaboration using brainstorming, conflict‑resolution, and other facilitation techniques.
• May specialize in design, engineering, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, reliability, inventory control, or R&D as they apply to product or process quality.  

The ideal candidate must be able to communicate written and verbally in a team environment.

Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Quality:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related STEM field with minimum of 2 years of experience in Quality, root cause investigation, and/or technical functions in Manufacturing; Master’s Degree in a related STEM field with of 0 years of experience.
• Root Cause Corrective Actions experience.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with ISO 9001 or AS9100 Quality Management Systems
• Experience with advanced application of Data Analytics and Statistical Analysis methods.
• Experience developing, collecting, and analyzing metrics.
• Electronic and/or Mechanical experience, including inspection methodology and authoring work instructions in a manufacturing environment.
• Green/Black Belt Certification in Lean Six Sigma
• SAP experience in a manufacturing environment
• Certified IPC Specialist (CIS) – IPC‑A‑610
• Certified IPC Specialist (CIS) – IPC/WHMA‑A‑620
• Certified auditor
• Experience with at least one of the following standards (IPC, J-Std, MIL-STD)  
• Active Secret Clearance.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $79,600.00 - $119,400.00The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.