Sr. Quality Engineer

Sr. Quality Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related technical field
• 3-5 years’ experience in process engineering or product quality assurance for electronics or mechanical product
• 3-5 years’ experience in an ISO-9001 certified Quality Management System
• Strong background using standard Quality tools / techniques (5 Whys, Fault Tree Analysis, process mapping)
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-883 and MIL-PRF-38534.
• **Must be a US Citizen and able to attain Security Clearance.**

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary customer-facing team member for all Quality related issues: assessments and product failures, returns, technical issues, process issues, corrective actions; primary point of contact for customer surveys, audits, and site visits.
• Verifies compliance to all performance specifications, documentation requirements, and customer expectations (per PO, contract, Q-Clauses, etc…) review and approval of design documentation.
• Verifies compliance to all DCMA requirements for product delivery; supports DCMA product / process audits as required; coordinates Customer Source Inspection (CSI) and/or Government Source Inspection (GSI) site visits as required per customer contracts.
• Completes First Article Inspection (FAI) per customer contract and/ or source control drawing requirements. Works with various TMS teams to verify compliance and to resolve issues. Documents results in AS9102 format.
• Leads the response to customer issues; ensure CAPA responses are thorough and completed as per the committed time frames; coordinates customer scorecard reviews and related follow-up activities; coordinates the organization’s response to customer- issued audit findings and corrective actions.
• Reviews customer contracts and purchase order for requirements and potential issues, including documentation, unfunded deliverables (ex. CSI / FAI), exemptions, outsourced processes; coordinates internal reviews and required to ensure proper flow-down to and execution by other departments.
• Supports the organization’s ISO-9001 / AS9100 certification; reports key performance measures, performance levels and trends at quarterly business reviews and other meetings as required; leads small teams through continual improvement efforts to address internal or external corrective actions.
• Investigates product- and/or process-focused quality concerns as required ensuring on-time response and implementation; reviews and approves recommended nonconformance dispositions; evaluates non-conformance trends, for recommendations and improvements.
• Supports the Design Development process with quality input to various phase review (PDR, CDR, TRR….) and customer meetings.
• Other duties, projects, and tasks as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience delivering hardware for aerospace and/or defense programs is highly desired.
• Experience within an AS9100-certified organization a plus (including customer flow-down, Q-Clauses)
• ASQ certifications (CQE, CQA, CSQP, CRE), or other similar professional certifications a plus