CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10 of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact peoples 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 nations 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, theyre making history.

 Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems has an opening for Quality Analyst/Principal Quality Analyst to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. 
 
This position will develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses. This position will act as a liaison for Mission Assurance and interface with Planning Analyst, Cost Account Managers, etc to compile cost, schedule, and technical elements in the development of proposals in accordance with request for proposal (RFP) specifications.  
 
The responsibility of this position may also include:
     As a Control Account Manager (CAM), perform EVMS activities including time-phasing of tasks; performance measurement; estimate to complete analysis and updates and variance analysis research and reporting 
     Provide oversight and support execution of all new capture business and proposal efforts, budgets and estimating
     Research and analyze historical data for development of cost models to support Mission Assurance proposal efforts
     Engage with members of the program to facilitate budgets and estimates as well as staffing and planning for MA
     Coordinate the collection and accumulation of cost, scheduling, and performance elements from Mission Assurance
     Support the annual program CEAC effort for the MA IPT along with weekly budget reviews to ensure critical milestones are met; this includes communicating with program leadership to further validate our financial position 
     Support Mission Assurance IPT leader to ensure healthy lines of communication are established and maintained and assist with facilitating solutions to budget challenges
     Investigate problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies
     Has working knowledge of the budget and proposal process and helps to coach other team members on the process
     Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met
     Verifying test setups and reviewing test procedures to ensure validation of requirements
     Supporting program proposals and other pre-award events such proposal kick-offs, pricing and cost reviews, and other required milestone evaluations
     Performing root cause/corrective action (RCCA)
     Persistence and tenacity to meet deadlines in a challenging, multi-tasking environment
    

Basic Qualifications - Quality Analyst:  
     Bachelor Degree with 2 years of experience in Quality and/or Analysis OR a Master’s Degree and no years of experience 
     An Active, In-scope, DoD Secret Security Clearance with the last investigation occurring within the last five (5) years and the ability to obtain and maintain Program Special Access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.  
     Knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) 
     Experience with MS Excel to create, analyze, and maintain spreadsheets with complex formulas

  Experience performing Root Cause/Corrective Action
     Experience with Tableau or similar tool to analyze data and communicate trends/status

     Preferred Qualifications - Quality Analyst: 
        Experience with MS Excel to create, analyze, and maintain spreadsheets with complex formulas
     Strong Organizational and Leadership Skills
     Experience performing Risk Management
     Strong Organizational and Leadership Skills
     Experience working with the Integrated Project Team leaders and design groups. 
    Experience gathering data and creating financial briefings to present to higher level management and the customers.

Basic Qualifications - Principal Quality Analyst:  
     Bachelor Degree with 5 years of experience in Quality and/or Analysis OR a Master’s Degree with 3 years of experience in Quality and/or Analysis 
      An Active, In-scope, DoD Secret Security Clearance with the last investigation occurring within the last five (5) years and the ability to obtain and maintain Program Special Access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs.  
     Knowledge of Earned Value Management System (EVMS) 
      Experience performing Root Cause/Corrective Action
     Experience with Tableau or similar tool to analyze data and communicate trends/status
    

Preferred Qualifications - Principal Quality Analyst: 

     Experience performing Root Cause/Corrective Action

    Experience with MS Excel to create, analyze, and maintain spreadsheets with complex formulas

     Strong Organizational and Leadership Skills

     Experience performing Risk Management

     Strong Organizational and Leadership Skills

     Experience working with the Integrated Project Team leaders and design groups. 

    Experience gathering data and creating financial briefings to present to higher level management and the customers. 

Salary Range: $63,800.00 - $95,800.00Salary Range 2: $78,700.00 - $118,100.00

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 candidates experience, education, skills and current spanet 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.