Engineering Technician 4

Relocation assistance may be available. Secret clearance required. Travel: 10% of the time.

About the Role

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide broad support to the Mission Assurance Engineering and Quality Assurance departments within Mission Assurance and facilitate compliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), AS9100, other statutory and regulatory requirements, and program-specific requirements.
• Interface with inspectors and operators as a liaison with the Mission Assurance Engineering and audit groups, help resolve Quality/Production issues, conduct and coordinate internal audits, manage Nonconformance and Corrective Action efforts, and support internal improvement activities.
• Provide direct quality and technical support on a variety of technical tasks in support of compliance to program, quality, organizational, and industry requirements.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of quality policy and procedures within the Quality Management System (QMS), including performing internal audits to assess conformance, supporting external audits, and managing corrective/preventive action.
• Interface with various levels of technical, quality, and operations personnel to ensure their understanding of inspection results, including reports of anomalies.
• Interpret technical and quality requirements and provide inspection method guidance to engineering, design, and inspection personnel.
• Evaluate non-conformances, prepare non-conformance reports, and maintain documentation through resolution and closure.
• Perform Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) analysis and maintain documentation through implementation and closure.
• Coordinate First Article inspections with Quality engineering, manufacturing, and inspection personnel, including planning, monitoring, records, and analysis.
• Support daily housekeeping of manufacturing and inspection areas, equipment, and processes to comply with Foreign Object Damage control requirements.
• Facilitate and implement cost reduction and process improvement activities.
• Provide support for investigations and special analysis assignments.
• Lead and adhere to safety standards and procedures.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of a combined 6 years of continuing education in a related field and/or directly related work experience with quality management systems in an aerospace, mechanical, electrical, and/or propulsion field, including support for ISO9001 and/or AS9100 compliance and monitoring.
• Able to read engineering documentation (drawings, models, specs), interpret drawing dimensions, features, and parts lists, develop inspection plans, identify critical features, and choose the appropriate physical inspection methods and equipment to determine compliance of items to design requirements.
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; ability to understand and work within multiple enterprise-wide systems (TIPQA, Cost Point, and TCUA).
• Knowledge of Root Cause and Corrective Action tools, such as Ishikawa, FMEA, DOE, KTA (Kepner Tregoe Analysis), 5Why, etc.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills.
• Positive individual with strong attention to detail and accuracy who is willing to expand current skill set through schooling and training.
• Self-starter who is able to work independently through technical problems towards an implementable solution as well as work well in a team environment.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work in a dynamic, fast-paced, diverse environment.
• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a Secret Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Accredited certification in Quality and/or Mission Assurance field.
• Familiarity with key materials, technologies, and/or processes such as machining, welding, CT scanning, additive manufacturing, non-destructive testing, laser/light inspection techniques, and chemical processing.
• Demonstrated process control and improvement experience and knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or similar tools.
• Active Secret DoD Security clearance.

This position falls under a Federal Explosives License issued by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) for this location. Candidates hired into this role will be required to complete and submit an Employee Possessor Questionnaire to ATF for approval to be a possessor.