Quality Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance 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. 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 Mission Systems Sector is seeking a  Quality Engineer to join our team in  Annapolis, MD . The main focus of the qualified candidate will be performing the role of the campus’s VMDA (Vendor Material Disposition Area) Coordinator. The VMDA Coordinator will have access to a wide range of material movement transactions required to quarantine and process rejected vendor material. This is dispositioning of non-conforming supplied material. What You'll Get To Do: Partner with engineering and manufacturing to establish and uphold quality standards.   Design, analyze, and implement inspection and testing processes and equipment; conduct quality assurance tests, perform statistical analyses to determine cost and responsibility for non-conforming parts.  Review contracts/SOWs/drawings to evaluate, interpret and apply company policies, ISO 9001, MIL, IPC, and other standards applicable to designs and processes.   Interface with production‑floor roles (inspection, assembly, operations) and communicate clearly with all stakeholders.   Manage nonconformances across the facility, lead cross‑functional containments, to ensure product compliance.   Interpret technical drawings and specifications, including GD&T symbols, to verify compliance with design requirements. Understanding of inspection workmanship criteria, rework and repair operations and quality testing related operations. Uses detail acceptance instructions to validate product compliance to requirements, and predetermined methods, and prescribed specifications to visually inspect hardware assemblies of various complexities. Understanding of electronic and mechanical assembly drawings, work diagrams, customer specifications, inspection instructions, prescribed checklists, or other control procedures. Interface with Supply Chain, engineering, vendors and subcontractors and team members to ensure requirements are achieved. Will be responsible for following environmental, health and safety protocols and procedures. Basic Qualifications : Bachelor of Science Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) field with a minimum of 2 years of engineering experience in Quality Assurance, which can include investigating