Northrop Grumman Australia · 16 hours ago
2026 Associate Quality Analyst/Quality Analyst
United States-California-Palmdale
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$63K/yr - $95K/yr
2+ years expNorthrop Grumman is a leading aerospace and defense technology company seeking an Associate Quality Analyst or Quality Analyst to join their Mission Assurance organization. The role involves developing and implementing quality plans, ensuring product quality compliance, and investigating quality discrepancies in various systems.
Defense & Space
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop and implement program quality plans, programs, and procedures using statistical quality control statistics, lean manufacturing concepts, and six-sigma tools and analyses
Ensures that performance and quality products conform to established company and regulatory standards
Reviews, analyzes and reports on quality discrepancies related to assembly, process, mechanical, electrical and electro-mechanical systems
Investigates problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring discrepancies
Interfaces with manufacturing, engineering, customer, vendor and subcontractor representatives to ensure requirements are met. Recommends corrective actions, dispositions and modifications
Qualification
Required
Be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution by August 2026
Be majoring in or having majored in a business related field
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start
Be completing or has completed their Master's degree from an accredited institution by August 2026, or be completing or has completed their Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 2 years of related experience by August 2026
Be majoring in or having majored in a business related field
Be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special access within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the company to meet its business needs (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite). Final approved U.S. Government security clearance (U.S. citizenship is a pre-requisite) as well as Program Special Access may be required to start
Preferred
Have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.25/4.0 or higher
Previous internship/co-op or other work experience, leadership & teamwork capabilities, interpersonal communication skills, and activities (professional/community/extracurricular)
Experience presenting and interacting with customers such as DCMA/Military customers/foreign nationals
Experience with MES,SAP, PROP and CPATS system
Familiarity with Root Cause Corrective Actions (RCCA)
Familiarity with First Article Inspection (FAI)
Benefits
Relocation assistance may be available
Company
Northrop Grumman Australia
Northrop Grumman Australia is the Australia-based arm of Northrop Grumman Corporation and committed to generating long-term prosperity, investing in advanced Research & Development, sovereign and exportable Intellectual Property, high-quality jobs and long-term technology leadership across the Commonwealth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase