2027 Associate Qualilty Engineer / Quality Engineer - Utah

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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.

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is currently seeking an Associate and/or Quality Engineer. The qualified candidate will become part of Northrop Grumman’s Safety & Mission Assurance team.

Positions will be located at our Space Systems sector in Promontory, Clearfield, Salt Lake City, or Magna, UT.

Quality Engineers are responsible in focusing on developing, establishing and maintaining Mission Assurance policies and procedures, processes and controls thereby ensuring both performance and quality of manufactured products conform to established company, international (AS9100), and governmental requirements, as well as lasting customer satisfaction. This role will support the Nozzle Value Stream.

- Understand the design intent, failure modes, requirements and specifications of the product as well as the manufacturing processes, process controls, statistics, SPC, and quality inspections.

- Provide expertise and guidance in interpreting governmental regulations, agency guidelines and internal policies/procedures

- Assure compliance and will serve as liaison between Promontory S&MA and various other organizations including some government agencies.

- Work directly with operating entities to ensure that inspections, statistical process control analyses, and audits are conducted on a continuing basis as specified to enforce requirements, meet specifications, and improve processing.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Develop, modify, apply , and maintain quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.
- Collaborate with design engineering, process engineering,  and operations to ensure quality standards are in place.
- Devise and implement methods and procedures for inspecting, testing, and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.
- Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducting quality assurance tests; and performing statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for, products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.
- Audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
- Ensure that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards, and that documentation is compliant with requirements.
- May specialize in the areas of design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation and reliability, inventory control and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality.
- May be certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies.
- Work with test data and ensure proper Quality standards are in place to process hardware.
- Collaborate with Engineering team for engineering development.
- Develop corrective action plans for software and hardware processing through plant.
- Investigate failures internally to identify root cause on flight hardware.
- Work with technicians to develop root cause findings on flight hardware.
- Have the ability to implement Kaizan strategies to reduce defect count on manufacturing floor.

Basic Qualifications for an Associate Engineer :

- Be completing or has completed their Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Be majoring in or having majored in Mechanical, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering (other technical degrees may be considered)
- Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
- Proven technical aptitude and ability to problem solve complex technical issues
- Proven ability to multi-task (i.e. manage several projects at one time)
- Excellent Communication Skills (both written and verbal)

B asic Qualifications for an Engineer:

- Be completing or has completed their Master’s degree from an accredited institution
- Be majoring in or having majored in Chemical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering (other technical degrees may be considered)
- Be able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite)
- Proven technical aptitude and ability to problem solve complex technical issues
- Proven ability to multi-task (i.e. manage several projects at one time)
- Excellent Communication Skills (both written and verbal)

Preferred Qualifications for both levels:

- Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00/4.0 or higher
- Experience working with energetic materials and processes
- Experience writing shop planning
- Interpreting blue prints and specifications
- Experience in Lean Manufacturing Techniques
- Process Controls (SPC)

Salary Range:

- Associate Engineer: $59,900 - $89,900
- Engineer: $72,100 - $ 108,100

Primary Level Salary Range: $59,900.00 - $89,900.00

Secondary Level Salary Range: $72,100.00 - $108,100.00

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

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.

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity 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 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.