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Engineer Quality

Northrop Grumman

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Compensation
$83–125K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Secret clearance

Job overview

Northrop Grumman seeks a Quality Engineer for its Mission Systems team at the San Diego manufacturing site. The role supports the Integrated Product Team through material review, nonconforming material control, corrective actions, root-cause investigations, and quality data analysis. The engineer develops and maintains quality controls, collaborates with engineering and manufacturing, conducts inspections and tests, audits quality systems, and ensures corrective measures and documentation meet requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationQMSRCCAQuality Management SystemsLean Six SigmaRoot Cause AnalysisDrawing ReviewsDesign RequirementsInspection MethodsGR&RMaterial Review Board ProcessMaterial Dispositioning

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or STEM + 2 Years, Master's in Engineering or STEM + 0 Years2 Years Quality or Manufacturing ExperienceRCCA ExperienceSecret Clearance and SAP EligibilityUS CitizenshipAerospace, Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering ExperienceQMS ExperienceDrawing Review and Design Requirements ExperienceInspection Methods and GR&R ExperienceMaterial Review Board Process ExperienceActive Secret Clearance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off

Full job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: No

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 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.

We are looking for you to join our Northrop Grumman Mission Systems team as a Quality Engineer based out of San Diego, CA (Rancho Carmel).

What you'll get to do:

  • This role will support the Integrated Product Team on our manufacturing site and will provide quality support.

  • Work activities will be focused on Material Review as part of the Nonconforming Material Control process, Corrective Actions & Root Cause Investigations, and quality data analysis and reports.

  • The successful candidate develops, modifies, applies and maintains quality evaluation and control systems and protocols for processing materials into partially finished or finished materials product.

  • Collaborates with engineering and manufacturing functions to ensure quality standards are in place.

  • Devises and implements methods and procedures for inspecting, testing and evaluating the precision and accuracy of products and production equipment.

  • Designs and analyzes inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conducts quality assurance tests; and performs statistical analysis to assess the cost of and determine the responsibility for products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications.

  • Audits quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.

  • Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and that documentation is compliant with requirements.

The ideal candidate must be able to communicate written and verbally and be familiar with QMS (ISO 9001, AS9100, and etc..).The ideal candidate must be able to work with multifunctional manufacturing teams.

Basic Qualifications for the Engineer Quality:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or other STEM-related field with 2 years of Quality, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, or Quality Analyst experience; Master’s degree in engineering or other STEM-related field with 0 years of Quality, Manufacturing, Quality Engineering, or Quality Analyst experience.

  • RCCA experience.

  • Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance, and SAP (Special Access Program).

  • US Citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Aerospace, Electrical, Industrial, or Mechanical Engineering experience.

  • QMS experience.

  • Experience with Lean Six Sigma and Root Cause Analysis processes.

  • Experience performing drawing reviews, and experience with electrical or mechanical design requirements and specifications.

  • Experience with various Inspection Methods and GR&R (Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility).

  • Experience with Preliminary or Material Review Board Process and dispositioning material in a manufacturing facility

  • Active Secret Clearance.

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Primary Level Salary Range: $83,400.00 - $125,200.00

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.

Job Category: Engineering

How this job compares

Set against the 2,976 open Quality Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$83–125K/yr
  • California median$110–166K/yr337 salary ranges
  • US median$90–149K/yr1,905 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $104K, is 25% below the California median midpoint ($139K) — in the lowest quarter of Quality Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 421 open Quality Engineer jobs in California and 2,976 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Quality Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,432 postings).
Education
1,729 of the 2,976 open Quality Engineer jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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