Quality Engineer; Level 3

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret

TRAVEL:
Yes, 25% of the Time

Northrop Grumman is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to support the Large Caliber Ammunition Program located in West Burlington, Iowa at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. Our employees have opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact lives around the world today and for generations to come. We value bold ideas, courage, and a pioneering spirit to invent the future, while bringing your whole self to work.

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Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking an experienced Quality Engineer to support our Large Caliber Ammunition Program located in West Burlington, Iowa.

This position will provide Quality Engineering and Mission Assurance support to programs within the Large Cal Portfolio of the Ammunition Operating Unit. This role is on-site production line support at a supplier’s location and includes directly assessing the supplier’s conformance to quality requirements, supplier process monitoring, documentation monitoring, source inspection and product acceptance. The role may include working with the supplier on application of quality tools, drawing reviews, customer interface/reports/submittals and reviewing product acceptance data.

Position reports to the Ammunition Quality Manager supporting Large Caliber programs in Plymouth MN.

This position is based in Burlington Iowa at the Iowa Army Ammunment Plant where the supplier American Ordinance is located and requires on-site support.

Position may require travel up to 25% time including recurring travel to Plymouth MN.

• Perform on-site monitoring of manufacturing lines and supplier production processes. In conjunction with the Supplier Quality team, perform assessments of suppliers’ capabilities and conformance to their Quality System.
• Act as an extension of the Plymouth Program Quality team that is empowered to exercise discretion in real time situations when initiative is required due to time or communications constraints.
• Ensure supplier maintains compliance to contract quality requirements, including their compliance to their Quality System processes.
• Provide expertise and guidance to program teams and suppliers on quality assurance, quality systems, tools, training, problem solving, statistical analysis and continuous improvement opportunities applicable to the supported supplier.
• Work with the supplier for timely maintenance and review of process capability analysis such as Cpk and Ppk calculation and SPC updates and monitoring.
• Perform Source Inspection and support on site Acceptance Testing at the supplier for completed product. This will include working with customer representatives as needed, including DCMA and / or Customer Program Office representatives.
• Support and/or lead Quality elements of any failure investigations tied to the supplier in conjunction with the Program Quality team, Supplier Quality team and customers. Provide assistance with technical diagnosis of root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions with resolution of customer complaints or field failures. Develop solutions as appropriate to eliminate the recurrence of the issue.
• If non-conformances are identified at the supplier work with the NG program team to guide the supplier Operations and Manufacturing Engineering teams to initiate effective containment, investigation, and countermeasure activities to prevent defect outflow both in-house at the supplier and to Customers.
• Review drawings for inspection capability and conformance to Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing standards.
• Work with the specific Program Quality Engineers on supplier related documentation including: identifying quality flow down requirements for the supplier, understanding and communicating inspection requirements with the supplier, working with the program to conduct PO reviews with the supplier, working with the program to conduct Build and Production Readiness Reviews with the supplier and…