Quality Engineer II
Leonardo DRS
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: High Ridge • Montana • United States
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About the role
- Responsible for quality system development and supporting product quality improvements
- Develop, maintain and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities
- Ability to work independently and to provide technical training and mentorship to junior engineers, technicians and inspectors
- Perform analyses of program requirements and prepares 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
- 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 participates in Failure Review Boards
- Evaluate and dispose 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
- Lead in resolving customer quality issues and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues
- Assist in developing and deploying SPC initiatives
- Analyze and execute projects independently
- Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer, as required
- 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
- Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc and recommend action as required
- Establish programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities
- Consider 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 and a minimum of 2 years of manufacturing / fabrication experience
- Competent technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- Competent in overall GD&T Interpretation and explanation
- Competent in Optical and Laser scanning techniques
- Experienced with ISO Standards, AS9100, Six Sigma tools, statistics
- Competent in Microsoft Office with XCEL expertise
- Technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred
- 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
- Ability to travel to support offsite quality tasks
- U.S. Citizenship required.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- life and disability insurance
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- flexible work schedules with 9/80 program
- competitive vacation
- health/emergency leave
- paid parental leave
- community service hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
quality system developmentquality plansroot cause corrective actionsstatistical process control (SPC)GD&T interpretationOptical scanning techniquesLaser scanning techniquesISO StandardsAS9100Six Sigma tools
Soft Skills
technical trainingmentorshipcommunicationnegotiationproblem-solvingindependent workleadershipinterpersonal skillsreportingcustomer relations
Certifications
ASQ certificationBlack Belt