Senior Quality Engineer
Leonardo DRS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Melbourne • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Responsible for developing program or project quality system processes and supporting product quality improvements
- Lead the efforts to develop, maintain, and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities
- Ability to lead a group of engineers, technicians and/or inspectors
- Responsible for leading groups of engineers on customer programs or projects
- Responsible for driving process and product improvement initiatives across multiple functional disciplines
- Perform analyses of program requirements and prepare responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to assure optimum quality support
- Review and approve engineering/test and contractor documentation and provide input to assure that appropriate quality requirements are addressed
- Develop and implement formalized quality system processes, procedures and work instructions
- Lead the efforts to gather, organize, monitor, analyze and report on information on products and processes
- Provide ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions
- Lead product quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and Failure Review Boards
- Evaluate and disposition of non-conforming material
- Provide technical support for Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans, interpreting and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials
- Review and approve change review board improvements to processes and products
- Act as main customer and senior management interface in resolving customer quality issues and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues
- Develop and deploy SPC initiatives internally and at suppliers
- Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions
- Lead and execute customer quality program requirements
- Monitor development activities to assure contract compliance, as required
- Develop new procedural controls to address all aspects of quality programs
- Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc and recommends action as required
- Establish programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities
- Responsible for financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections
- Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Attend appropriate customer, business or program meetings
- Prepare quality engineering reports and recommendations
- Monitor and mentor junior quality engineers
- Provide regular reporting of progress and status
- Completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience
- A minimum of 5 years of experience
- Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred
- Experience with AS9100 standards
- Proficient with ISO Standards, Six Sigma tools, statistics
- Ability to understand military specifications and to read blueprints
- Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and writing skills
- Ability to define problems and drive to root cause and effective corrective action
- U.S. Citizenship required. This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- Telemedicine
- Life and disability insurance
- Legal insurance
- Competitive vacation
- Health/emergency leave
- Paid parental leave
- Community service hours
- Wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
quality system processesquality plansroot cause corrective actionsstatistical process control (SPC)inspection methodsnon-conforming material evaluationprogram requirements analysisISO standardsSix Sigma toolsmilitary specifications
Soft skills
leadershipinterpersonal skillsnegotiation skillscommunication skillswriting skillsproblem-solvingmentoringorganizational skillsanalytical skillsreporting
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in engineeringASQ certificationBlack Belt certification