Manager Quality Engineering 1
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
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.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 Sector is seeking a Manager Quality Engineering 1 to join our team in Sykesville, MD.
What You'll Get To Do:
Provide leadership and oversight of 5-8 quality engineers responsible for ensuring product meets requirements
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 and documentation requirements; plan, conduct, report, and follow‑up on audits to ensure compliance and continual process improvement
Identify and remove barriers to quality improvement through root‑cause analysis and corrective‑action planning
Review contracts/SOWs/drawings to evaluate, interpret and apply company policies, ISO 9000, AS9102, MIL, IPC, and other standards applicable to designs and processes
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
Create, use and interpret quality‑control tools (flowcharts, Pareto, control charts) and construct/interpret FMEAs
Interpret technical drawings and specifications, including GD&T symbols, to verify compliance with design requirements
Apply benchmarking techniques to drive system‑wide quality improvements
Facilitate team collaboration with brainstorming, conflict‑resolution, and other facilitation tools
Specialize as needed in design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, reliability, inventory control, or R&D as they apply to product or process quality
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field with a minimum of 5 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating failures and identifying root causes or in Manufacturing, Process, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field of work, performing technical job functions; OR a minimum of 3 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can inc
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