Principal Quality Assurance Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company provides clean, safe, and efficient nuclear energy solutions. The Principal Project Quality Engineer will ensure regulatory, customer, and company quality compliance for the Dukovany 5 & 6 Project by developing quality programs and overseeing suppliers, audits, inspections, corrective actions, and project quality activities. The role serves as a key customer quality interface and collaborates with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Project teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement quality standards, programs, and systems in compliance with the Westinghouse Quality Management System, customer specifications, and applicable nuclear regulatory requirements
• Lead supplier quality oversight activities, including audits, surveillance, inspections, and assessments of domestic and international suppliers
• Review quality requirements, quality plans, inspection and test plans, manufacturing documentation, and quality assurance data packages to ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations
• Lead investigations of quality issues, verify corrective actions, support risk mitigation activities, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Serve as the primary customer quality interface, coordinating audits, inspections, and quality-related activities while partnering with Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Project teams to ensure compliant project execution

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Supplier Quality, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Quality, Nuclear Quality, or a related quality assurance field
• Experience conducting supplier audits, surveillance activities, and quality assessments with domestic and international suppliers
• Experience working within a regulated industry, preferably nuclear, energy, aerospace, or other highly regulated environments
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, NQA-1, 10 CFR 50 Appendix B, 10 CFR 21, ISO 19443, ASME, IEEE, and IEC quality requirements and standards
• Experience supporting mechanical and instrumentation & control (I&C) equipment quality activities
• Familiarity with EU and/or Czech Republic regulatory requirements is considered an asset