Quality Control Technician - Level 2

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: No

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’s Space Sector is seeking a Quality Control Technician  – Level 2 to join our team in Devens, MA. This position is 100% onsite and cannot accommodate telecommute work.

  

AOA Xinetics (AOX), a wholly-owned Northrop Grumman Space Systems Business Unit, is a leading supplier of complex electro-optic and photonic systems and subsystems that control and manipulate light waves for a variety of applications.
 

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Control Technician - Level 2 should have technical strengths in verification of requirements specified for operations, products, processes, and documents.  Must possess the ability to plan and organize work in order to effectively and successfully accomplish assigned tasks. Have the ability to work multiple programs while maintaining attention to detail. Accurately interpret drawings and specifications. Working knowledge and understanding of GD&T is essential for this role.  Be strategic in the identification of technical needs and solutions coupled with a strong program execution focus.  Possess excellent communication skills and effectively interface with AOX technical and non-technical department members, suppliers, and customers.

This position will work a 9/80 schedule, with every other Friday off.

In this job, you will:

• Verify optical, ceramic, and mechanical components and sub-systems. Verify electrical assemblies and wiring harnesses.  Recommend verification or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product compliance and reliability.  Propose changes in design to improve measurement assessments, systems and/or process reliability.

• Review and verify optical and electrical testing methods and results.  Witness and verify product performance testing.  Compile data and define changes required in product design, test equipment, test procedures, manufacturing processes, or new testing requirements. Evaluate product compliance to specified requirements and readiness to release.  Other assignments presented by the Quality Manager.

• Compile data and evaluate safety critical components and constructions in system design, equipment and procedures to mitigate risks.  Develop safety documents as required to support customer and test/certification requirements. 

• Design and implement Quality plans for use in verifying in-coming product Quality.

• Perform product safety and EMI testing on systems and sub-assemblies as required.

• Research, evaluate and qualify supplier approval requirements, perform first article qualifications, perform internal audits, monitor and manage internal and supplier corrective actions

• Participate in MRB as needed.

 

Basic Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent and 2 years additional education and/or related experience.  or an Associate Degree in Quality, Manufacturing or Technology and Quality Assurance Verification

• No clearance required to start

• Operating Coordinate Measuring Machinery (CMM)

• Strong problem solving and collaboration skills and verbal/written communication skills

• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills

• US Citizenship is a requirement for employment

 Preferred Qualifications:  

• Experience in DoD, Aerospace and/or Semiconductor Fabrication Manufacturing

• QC/Verification experience with optical, ceramic, and/or electro-optical sensors and systems verification, precision optics, opto-mechanical and electrical products

• COTs product development<