# Quality Engineer

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

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a talented & skilled Program Quality Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems.

The Program Quality Engineer will support mechanical and electrical manufacturing and assembly, integration and testing for aerospace and defense manufacturing.

Responsibilities:

- Serve as the quality engineering point of contact for assigned programs, supporting problem identification, resolution, loss reporting, and continuous improvement.

- Develop and maintain program quality plans, inspection plans, and quality requirement flowdown from contracts to manufacturing and suppliers.

- Review contract quality requirements and identify the processes, tooling, and documentation needed to comply.

- Review and approve new drawings and contract documents.

- Support project managers during design, manufacturing readiness reviews, PDR, CDR, APQP, PPAP, DFMEA, PFMEA.

- Execute and disposition First Article Inspections (FAI/AS9102) and supplier part approvals.

- Develop and maintain quality metrics , process capability studies, control charts, and measurement system analysis , to monitor Quality Control system effectiveness.

- Lead root-cause analysis and structured problem-solving (8D, 5-Why, fishbone) to identify effective corrective and preventive actions.

- Build and maintain statistical data collection and analysis to surface trends affecting product quality.

- Participate in Material Review Board activities and disposition nonconforming material.

- Interact with customers to identify quality improvement opportunities and close the feedback loop with manufacturing and development personnel.

- Initiate and execute quality improvement activities (e.g., Kaizen, Six Sigma) to raise product line performance.

- Report quality issues, trends, and losses to Quality Management and program leadership.

- Collaborate with DCMA and other government and/or customer quality assurance organizations.

- Interface with supplier and customer quality representatives on quality issues and verify effective corrective action is implemented.

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree with 4-8 years of experience or a Master's degree with 2-6 years of experience in an ISO9001/AS9100 system or equivalent experience in DOD, Aerospace, or Automotive manufacturing quality control.

- Experience working with non-conforming material, performing failure analysis, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.

- Experience writing work instructions, procedures, and implementing Quality Management System (QMS) documentation associated with AS9100.

- Ability to review and interpret contract quality clauses and technical data and develop and document appropriate quality verification procedures, plans, and work instructions.

- Experience using Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

- Ability to lift up to 25 lbs.

- Demonstrated experience in effectively communicating within a team environment.

- Active problem-solving skills, and work with minimal supervision.

- Ability to read and interpret blueprints/schematics, CAD models, specifications, and contract quality requirements.

- Resident of North Alabama or willing to relocate to the area.

- U.S. citizen and able to obtain/maintain a final secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Knowledge of Systems Engineering and Agile practices.

- Experience and working knowledge with Assembly, Integration and Testing.

- Experience in review of Contracts, Statements of Work, Performance Specifications.

- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer.

- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt.

- Experience in developing PFMEA and PQCT.

Salary Range: $73,450.00 - $132,775.00

## Skills

### Required
- AS9100
- ISO9001
- Microsoft Office
- Quality Management System
- problem-solving
- communication
- data analysis

### Nice to have
- Systems Engineering
- Agile practices
- Assembly
- Integration and Testing
- ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt
- PFMEA
- PQCT

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