Principal Quality Analyst / Sr. Principal Quality Analyst

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Oklahoma City, OK +1 · Mission and Quality Assurance

This role focuses on managing and assuring supplier quality within the defense industry, ensuring compliance with contractual, regulatory, and technical standards. It involves evaluating supplier processes, conducting verification activities, driving corrective actions, and maintaining approved supplier lists. The role requires a strong understanding of quality management systems like ISO 9001 or AS9100 and a Secret clearance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Proactively manage Supplier Quality risk to drive down supplier escapes.
  2. Develops and implements supplier quality evaluation and control systems.
  3. Assures supplier process and product quality, including contractual, regulatory, and technical compliance.
  4. Interfaces directly with supplier personnel and must be knowledgeable in and capable of assessing both supplier quality and manufacturing processes and procedures.
  5. Conducts product and process verification activities, monitors supplier quality performance, and drives root cause corrective action analysis for supplier quality issues.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelors degree with 8 years of experience working in Supplier Quality or Manufacturing; or Masters degree with 6 years of experience working in Supplier Quality or Manufacturing; or PhD with 4 year of experience working in Supplier Quality or Manufacturing
  • Knowledge of ISO 9001 or AS9100 requirements
  • Must have an active US Government Secret Clearance and must have the ability to obtain and maintain special program access
  • Experience with SAP

Nice to have

  • Knowledge of statistical process control
  • Understanding of NADCAP certified processes
  • Certified in lean and six-sigma quality engineering methodologies
  • Experience with electronics, schematics, drawings, etc.

What the JD emphasized

  • Secret Clearance
  • ISO 9001 or AS9100 requirements