At the heart of Defining Possible is our commitment to missions. In rapidly changing global security environments, Northrop Grumman brings informed insights and software-secure technology to enable strategic planning. We are looking for innovators who can help us keep building on our wide portfolio of secure, affordable, integrated, and multi-domain systems and technologies that fuel those missions. By joining in our shared mission, we ’II support yours of expanding your personal network and developing skills, whether you are new to the field, or an industry thought leader. At Northrop Grumman, you ’II have the resources, support, and team to do some of the best work of your career.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a talented Quality Manager 2 to join our team based out of our Baltimore, MD location.
What You'll Get To Do:
Develop, modify, apply and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
Collaborate with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.
Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree and 8 years of quality or manufacturing work experience; OR a Master's degree and 6 years of quality or manufacturing work experience; OR 12 years of quality or manufacturing work experience may be accepted in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
Minimum of 3 years of people leadership experience in a quality or manufacturing team environment.
Cost Account Manager (CAM) Experience.
Experience working with Government agencies.
Experience with ISO 9001/AS9100 Quality Management System certification process.
The ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance
US Citizenship required
Preferred Qualifications:
Experienced with dispositioning hardware for quality related issues in a manufacturing facility.
Experienced with Material Review Board (MRB) process.
Experienced with electrical or mechanical design requirements and specifications.
Experienced in Quality and Mission Excellence applications.
Green/Black Belt Certified in Lean Six-sigma.
Experienced in Data Analytics and Statistical Analysis methods and techniques.
Experience using Microsoft Excel, Minitab, Tableau or equivalent tools for statistical analysis.
Experienced with Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) techniques.
Experienced with Quality Notifications, Production Orders and Purchase Orders.
Experienced working knowledge of inspection tools, methods and techniques used for hardware reviews, validation and inspections.
Working experience of SAP, ISE and CADSTAR.
Experience with ISO9001 or AS9100 Quality Management System and AS9102 First Article Inspections (FAI).