Salary
💰 $82,000 - $164,000 per year
About the role
- Provide solutions to complex technical design quality problems using established quality practices
- Stay current with evolving industry quality methods and implement relevant improvements
- Lead the development, implementation, and adoption of processes and procedures
- Review design products and processes for compliance with contract, regulatory and business requirements and assess work practices for adequacy
- Develop methods to ensure the successful completion of program quality assessments
- Partner with quality and program leadership to identify, escalate and resolve quality issues
- Communicate effectively with product development and testing teams through both written and verbal channels
- Apply knowledge of emerging quality and design development paradigms such as APQP, agile and DevSecOps
- Collaborate with leadership to evaluate and improve processes related to the design and release of design artifacts
- Define, negotiate, and support quality requirements for projects with focus on hardware/mechanical design
- Analyze development processes and develop new methods to improve productivity, efficiency, and operational costs
- Perform duties with minimal supervision and prioritize and advance multiple objectives
Requirements
- The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance is required
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
- Security Clearance: DoD Clearance: Secret
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience
- Or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Background in quality engineering or mechanical engineering
- Experience with ZDP, ACE, Lean, Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis
- Proficiency in quality engineering methods and practices
- Experience in design and development, including requirements capture, implementation, verification, validation, and ongoing support
- Knowledge of manufacturing processes and transition-to-production activities, such as planning, assembly, inspection, and testing
- Background in operations quality, test equipment, modeling and simulation, firmware and configurable logic, systems engineering, mechanical/electrical engineering, or supplier quality
- Ability to develop and interpret metrics, and perform data analysis to drive improvements
- Ability to read and interpret specifications
- Data Mining experience (preferred)
- Quality Certifications (ASQ, CQE) (preferred)
- Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to Travel upwards of 25%