# Quality Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Huntsville, AL
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

**Apply**: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Huntsville-AL/Quality-Engineer_R-00192705?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_3c4678e8-c6d

## Description

We are seeking a Quality Engineer to join our team at Leidos' Defense Systems Platform Integration Facility. The successful candidate will support a critical air defense program by implementing quality processes in the initial development and production of the system.

The Quality Engineer will be responsible for supporting manufacturing quality operations, including new site AS9100 certification activities, first article inspection (FAI), product and execution assurance, and program-level quality compliance.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support AS9100 certification activities for a new site

- Work with program quality engineers to support program requirements

- Ensure CDRL (Contract Data Requirements List) compliance

- Approve final data packages prior to delivery

- Create and review data packages/FAI for product produced on-site

- Validate completeness and correctness of acceptance criteria

- Conduct drawing reviews

- Develop and lead first article inspection (FAI) activities

- Perform Product Assurance on assigned manufacturing outputs

- Perform Execution Assurance by witnessing/verifying that manufacturing activities follow approved work instructions

- Support process proofing activities

- Review and approve work instructions supporting the quality plan and applicable industry standards

- Ensure nonconformances are properly documented and coordinate final dispositions with engineering

- Conduct root cause analysis and corrective action (RCCA) for nonconforming issues

- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring defects

- Support Material Review Board (MRB) activities and defect classification accuracy

- Validate effectiveness of implemented CAPAs (Corrective and Preventive Actions)

- Conduct process capability studies (Cp, Cpk) and trend analyses

- Facilitate structured improvement projects and PFMEA reviews

- Develop and maintain process control plans and inspection criteria

- Track program quality metrics through Power BI and other reporting/analytics tools

- Support risk reduction and continuous improvement projects

- Identify and escalate predictive risks before they impact the customer

- Escalate when engineering maturity, configuration, or documentation is insufficient

- Support team members in developing manufacturing work instructions

- Provide technical support during new product introduction (NPI)

- Train production staff in quality tools and defect prevention

- Coordinate with test and calibration functions to ensure measurement reliability

- Oversee quality data and reporting

- Report process changes to management

Requirements:

- BS degree with 4-8 years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 2-6 years of prior relevant experience

- Experience in an ISO9001/AS9100 system or equivalent experience in DOD, Aerospace, or Automotive manufacturing quality control

- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision

- Experience working with non-conforming material, performing failure analysis, identifying root-cause and implementing corrective action

- Experience writing work instructions, procedures, and implementing QMS documentation

- Ability to review and interpret contract quality clauses and technical data

- Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating within a team environment

- Resident of the North Alabama area or willing to relocate to Huntsville, North Alabama, AL area

- Knowledge of how to efficiently use micrometers, height gages, gage blocks, radius gages, and calipers etc.

- Basic knowledge and understanding when reading and interpreting electrical and mechanical drawings with GD&T

- US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final Secret Clearance or meet the eligibility to obtain (and maintain) a Secret Clearance

- Ability to lift and carry up to 35 pounds

Preferred Qualifications:

- New product introduction

- Experience in the manufacture and inspection of complex aerospace hardware, non-conforming material, Material Review Board (MRB), review/creation of Acceptance Data Packs / First Article Inspection

## Skills

### Required
- AS9100
- ISO9001
- Quality Engineering
- Manufacturing Quality Control
- Root Cause Analysis
- Corrective Action
- GD&T

### Nice to have
- New Product Introduction
- Aerospace Hardware
- Material Review Board
- Acceptance Data Packs
- First Article Inspection

---

Source: [Apply at leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com](https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Huntsville-AL/Quality-Engineer_R-00192705?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)