Associate Quality Analyst
Requisition ID: R10178052
Category: Mission and Quality Assurance
Location: Palmdale, California, United States of America
Clearance Type: Secret
Telecommute: No- Teleworking not available for this position
Shift: Any (United States of America)
Travel Required: Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Assistance: Relocation assistance may be available
Positions Available: 1
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems (NGAS) is looking for a Associate Quality Analyst to support a program located in our Palmdale, CA facility
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, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems. Investigates problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies. Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met. Recommends corrective actions, dispositions and modifications.
General responsibilities include:
Monitoring for unsafe practices, support inspection training, collecting / compiling documents for FAIR’s, Key Characteristic submittals, FOD related activities, and other tasks as assigned by management. Professionally communicate and interact with Customers, Government representatives, Manufacturing, and Mission Assurance employees Learn and understand the various software programs used in the facility. Support internal, Customer, and government/agency audits meetings, and off-site audit of suppliers. Contribute to prevention activities to include review of FAIR's/ inspection plans, change notices, support Process Owner Reviews, Key Characteristic reviews, aid in FOD walks, and others as directed by Customer or management.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree and 0 years of experience
Must have an active DoD Secret Clearance
Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Program Access
Thorough understanding of data collection and analysis; supports the program, Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams with data analytics for improvement processes
Initiate, facilitate, and support RCCA activities to improve the quality of part and process
Prepare documentation of the results of RCCA activities for Quality Engineering review, to include gathering and charting data as well as presenting RCCA results
Understanding of the quality requirements listed in AS9100 and DCMA
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with composites or manufacturing environment
Experience with DCMA Instruction 8210
Experience briefing senior leadership
Active DoD Secret Clearance or higher
2+ years of audit/surveillance experience
2+ years of quality evaluation processes and leading, participating and facilitating RCCA, FAI generation, non-conformance tag creation/submission and …
environment
2+ years building PowerPoint briefings, providing status updates for manufacturing builds and metrics
2+ years generating, monitoring and reporting operations and manufacturing metrics
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.
Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action 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/AA 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.
What's great about
Northrop Grumman
- Be part of a culture that thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work.
- Use your skills to build and deliver innovative tech solutions that protect the world and shape a better future.
- Enjoy benefits like work-life balance, education assistance and paid time off.
Did you know?
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