Quality Analyst 2/3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: None

TRAVEL: 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.

Mission Enabling Products (MEP), an organization within Northrop Grumman’s Payload and Ground Systems (PGS) division, is a leading designer, producer, and supplier of spacecraft components that power and enable satellites of all classes. Products include spacecraft panels, bus structures, precision optical structures, deployable structural systems and mechanisms, solar arrays, and antenna reflectors. Our products are on virtually every U.S. satellite built in the last 20 years.

The Deployables team is looking for a Quality Analyst to support our talented team of engineers, managers and technologists who conceive, design, develop and manufacture high precision products in an environment that requires significant collaboration and teamwork among multiple engineering disciplines. The position may be located in either Goleta or Oxnard, CA. This position is 100% on-site.

Learn more about Deployables at https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/space/spacecraft-products

Overview

Reporting to the Quality Manager, the Quality Analyst will develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses. Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards. Reviews, analyzes and reports on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, composite, rigid and ultra-flex components and sub-systems. 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 the Deployables Value Stream of products, suppliers, and customers.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements program quality plans, schedules, and procedures to meet BU objectives using statistical quality control data, lean program concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses

• Review and analyze quality data to identify trends and areas for improvement

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, engineering, customers, vendors, and subcontractors, to ensure quality requirements are met effectively and efficiently

• Investigates quality-related problems, identifying root causes, driving the RCCA process, and developing effective disposition and corrective action strategies for recurring discrepancies

• Recommend and implement corrective actions and modifications to existing processes to enhance product quality and performance

• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements related to product quality

• Evaluates conformance to established company and regulatory standards of deliverable items, including but not limited to materials, equipment, tooling, data/documents, composite, rigid and ultra-flex components and sub-systems

• Develops and maintains documentation and records related to program specific Quality Assurance objectives and responsibilities

Basic Qualifications for a level 2:

• Bachelor’s degree, and 3 years’ experience in Quality Assurance or related field; an additional four years’ experience may be considered in lieu of degree

• Experience in quality assurance, quality control, or a similar in a manufacturing environment

• Experience with AS9100/ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS) standards

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration across functions

• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills

• US Citizenship is a requirement

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