Quality Analyst
Northrop Grumman
Salt Lake City, UT0–4 yrs1d agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- New grads and up to 4 years · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- StatisticsLean / Six SigmaGD&TSAP
- Nice to have
- Auditing
- Work
- On-site in Salt Lake City
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Lean / Six Sigma32%Statistics29%SAP12%GD&T10%of 100 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 27, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is seeking a Quality Analyst to join our team located in Salt Lake City, UT.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses.
- Ensure that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards.
- Review, analyze and report on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems.
- Investigate problems and develop disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies.
- Interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met.
- Recommend corrective actions, dispositions, and modifications.
- Work with the Vendor Material Disposition Area (VMDA) group.
- Work alongside Receiving Inspection group and aid in inspection as needed.
- Communicate written and verbally to interface with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Secret security clearance required to obtain.
- U.S. citizenship required.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 2 years of work experience; Master’s degree with 0 or more years of relevant work experience: Associates degree with 4 years of experience: OR 6 years of experience in lieu of degree.
- Experience with corrective-action processes, quality processes/procedures, and validation/qualification methodologies.
- Experience developing and implementing program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses.
- Experience reviewing and analyzing reports on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in process-improvement methodologies.
- Auditing experience, including audit planning and corrective-action verification.
- Facilitation experience for team development and cross-functional collaboration.
- Belt or Black-Belt certification.
- Experience with GD&T and Blueprints.
- Experience with First-Article Inspection criteria.
- Experience with SAP transaction processes.
- Experience with VMDA processes.
- Experience with Receiving Inspection process.