Quality Engineer

Role Overview

• Provide program Quality Engineering support for assigned contracted programs spanning the lifecycle of the program including design, development, production, test and supplier support.
• Utilize engineering background and expertise to ensure customer requirement flow-down and hardware is compliant to specifications.
• Handle and communicate deviations/non-conformances at different levels within the organization and at customer level as applicable.
• Prepare comprehensive analyses, procedures, reports and presentations for both internal and external customers.
• Actively participate in improvement teams to reduce risk through the application of six sigma tools.
• Apply zero defects quality principles, concepts and methods, including Lean Manufacturing to continuously improve processes, reduce cost and ensure the quality of our products and services.
• Drive corrective and preventative action activity both in-house and at the Supplier, and provide corrective action board support to manage timely and effective problem closure and recurrence control.
• Interpret engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's requirements.
• Participate in design reviews to identify and correct inspectability and producibility issues and opportunities early in the product life cycle.
• Provide a clear and concise flow down of product definition and Quality requirements to Suppliers.
• Actively participate in the Material Review Board, including segregation and control of nonconforming hardware to preclude inadvertent processing, disposition nonconforming hardware, preparing for and conducting board meetings, and implementing disposition decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant quality experience
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related quality experience
• In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related quality experience
• Advanced degree in a related field
• CQE and/or CSSBB
• APQP and or Zero Defect Planning Experience
• MDA experience
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyze, evaluate and develop solutions to a variety of situations
• Must consistently meet commitments.

Benefits

• health and disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• flexible spending accounts
• EAP
• education assistance
• parental leave
• paid time off
• company-paid holidays