# Senior Quality Engineer

**Company**: Helsing
**Location**: Martinsburg, WV
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

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## Description

## Job Overview

We're seeking an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to help stand up our brand-new manufacturing facility in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and contribute to the company's growth story.

As a founding member of our quality engineering team, you'll design and implement quality processes, control plans, and supplier quality programs to ensure our products meet the highest standards.

## Day-to-Day Responsibilities

### Quality Process & Control Development

- Lead and support PFMEA studies to identify process risks and develop robust control plans.

- Create receiving inspection plans to ensure incoming materials meet quality requirements.

- Specify, procure, and qualify inspection equipment for in-process and final inspections.

- Establish in-process controls, inspection points, and validation steps meeting product and regulatory requirements.

- Develop and maintain corrective action reporting processes (CAPA) for root cause analysis and effective resolutions.

### Factory Standup & Production Support

- Manage quality engineering workstreams, timelines, and budgets during factory setup.

- Configure MES processes for quality data capture, traceability, and reporting.

- Support production line startups, ramps, and stabilization, including real-time quality issue troubleshooting.

- Collaborate with Supply Chain to establish supplier quality control programs, including audits and performance monitoring.

- Support AS9100 documentation, implementation, and auditing for site certification.

- Work closely with Manufacturing Engineering and Production to integrate quality requirements into process designs.

### Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Serve as a technical point of contact between Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, and Production teams.

- Support continuous improvement initiatives like Lean and Six Sigma.

- Document quality processes and lessons learned to build institutional knowledge.

## Requirements

- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.

- 5-10 years of experience in quality engineering, preferably in aviation or automotive manufacturing.

- Experience with PFMEA studies, control plans, receiving inspection plans, and supplier quality control.

- Knowledge of AS9100, MES systems, and strong project management skills.

- U.S. citizenship required.

## Nice to Have

- Experience in drone, UAS, or aerospace/defense manufacturing.

- Background in standing up quality management systems at a new facility.

- Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma certifications.

- CAD proficiency (SolidWorks, CATIA, etc.).

- Familiarity with IATF 16949 quality systems.

- ASQ certifications (CQE, CMQ/OE, etc.).

## Benefits

- Competitive salary and benefits package, including insurance coverage, flexible paid time off, and remote/hybrid work options.

## Skills

### Required
- PFMEA
- control plans
- receiving inspection plans
- inspection equipment
- MES systems
- AS9100
- project management
- supplier quality control
- root cause analysis
- CAPA

### Nice to have
- drone manufacturing
- UAS manufacturing
- aerospace/defense manufacturing
- quality management systems
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- CAD proficiency
- IATF 16949
- ASQ certifications

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