Associate Quality Analyst / Quality Analyst – DoD Secret Clearance Required

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Description

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world’s biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible. With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Climb to new heights on your journey when you start Defining Possible with Northrop Grumman. Enjoy a purposeful career in aeronautics that is crucial to the way we connect and protect our world across land, sea, and air. Bring your experience and take advantage of this opportunity to discover how you can start to push past possible and achieve your goals today. Enjoy a diverse, collaborative environment with professionals across the nation ready to help launch your career.

Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for a Mission Assurance Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be in Clearfield, Utah.

As quality engineering, we define and monitor mission assurance program specifications and processes to ensure mission success of programs. We assure quality, risk management, safety, reliability, and maintainability of program achievements, subcontractors, and suppliers are in accordance with contractual requirements. In addition, we assess program performance and risks and help to determine resources to ensure contract compliance.

Do you enjoy solving problems? Come join our team!

Based on the qualifications below, this role may be filled as an Associate Quality Analyst or a Quality Analyst.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Authoring documentation to instruct operations on the successful execution of quality requirements
• Manage and coordinate nonconformance containment and corrective action implementation activities
• Lead data collection, analysis, and customer interface
• Write and manage risk mitigation actions and ensure their implementation
• Contribute to design change control reviews and implementation
• Support internal audits, process observations, and area assessments
• Establish and maintain collaborative partnerships across functions, programs, customers, program management, and other support organizations
• Develop and implement program quality inspection plans,
• Work with the Engineering team to ensure that part requirements are correctly described and documented in the production work plans
• Participate with corrective action or improvement teams and promote the use of data to assist in the improvement effort
• Processing of MRB nonconformances
• Supports the Program, Operations, Engineering, and Quality teams with data analytics for improvement processes.
• Our team is exceptionally detail oriented. We work on sophisticated projects in the aerospace industry, producing high-quality work. Each member has individual assignments, but we work as a united team to identify and resolve potential issues before timelines are impacted. Our team pursues inclusivity, diversity, and balance in both workload and work-life. We feel strongly about treating each other with respect and working with integrity.

Northrop Grumman provides a full suite of benefits, and we are regularly mentioned as a top company for work-life balance.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

Associate Quality Analyst

• Bachelor's degree and no years of experience; or a high school diploma and four years of experience in related fields or composite manufacturing, quality, and/or mission assurance
• Active DOD Secret Security Clearance was last investigated within 5 1/2 years, and the ability to obtain special program access
• Experience conveying technical information (both written and verbal)
• Experience with M.S. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Quality Analyst

• Active DOD Secret Security Clearance was last investigated within 5 1/2 years, and the ability to obtain special program access
• Bachelor's Degree and 2+ years of Quality Engineering, Quality, and/or Mission Assurance related work experience in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree a minimum of 5 years in quality or mission assurance required; or a Master's Degree
• Knowledge of Inspection Plans and First Article Inspections

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior manufacturing experience
• Ability to read and interpret GD&T drawings
• Knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action methods
• Knowledge of continuous improvement principles
• Background in Composites

Work schedule:

Opening on B shift

Must be willing to work any shift

Work schedules can vary, with the following shift options:

Shift B Monday – Thursday 10 hr shift 4:00 pm – 2:30 am

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 www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

Salary Range: $50,100 USD - $75,100 USD

Salary Range 2: $60,600 USD - $90,800 USD

Employees may be eligible for 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.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/.

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 most positions.