Manager Quality Engineering 2

Relocation assistance: Not available. Clearance required: Secret. Travel: Yes, approximately 10% of the time.

About the role

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Manager Quality Engineering 2 to join our Quality and Mission Excellence (QME) team assigned to the Advanced Technology Labs (ATL) facilities in Linthicum, Maryland. This position will report directly to the ATL Mission Assurance Manager, and the qualified candidate will lead a diverse and high-performing team of Quality Engineers and Analysts supporting all site operations and programs. Positioned within the Mission Next (MNX) division, ATL is a DoD trusted foundry where we design, fabricate, and test semiconductor products for internal and commercial production customers, as well as emerging technology programs. With over 58,000 feet of wafer fabrication cleanrooms, ATL represents a unique capability, supporting a wide range of semiconductor technologies and devices (e.g. Silicon, Gallium Arsenide, Gallium Nitride, Silicon Carbide, etc.) and providing leading edge technology development in super‑conducting electronics. Our devices are key enablers for a number of Northrop Grumman’s radar and space systems.

Responsibilities

• Build a high-performing team, supporting the professional development of team members.
• Foster a collaborative culture that sustains momentum around engagement, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
• Provide clear assignments, helping team members connect their efforts to the bigger picture.
• Establish strong working relationships with stakeholders across programs and functional organizations.
• Regularly communicate program execution status and site quality metrics to a wide audience of professionals and leadership.
• Drive compliance to AS9100D.
• Leverage metrics, customer, and program feedback to assess risks & opportunities.
• Collaborate with customers and functional teams to ensure product/process compliance and strong delivery performance.
• Provide manpower forecast plans for team.
• Drive affordability through monitoring of budget and spend.
• Conduct internal audit program and supports third party audit activities.
• Ensure correct and effective metrics are utilized to improve product compliance and quality performance across the facility.
• Provide guidance to peers and management in the pursuit of quality excellence.
• Proactively seek out familiarity with relevant technologies, products, and processes (both manufacturing and business).
• Confidently drive efforts to resolve complex quality problems using sound problem‑solving methodology – including through application of established root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action methods.
• Lead efforts to identify and reduce safety, quality, and business risks through application of formal and informal methods.
• Leads effort to reduce waste and improve processes through application of established continual improvement methods.
• Responsible for ATL Preventive & Corrective Action Board (PCAB).