Quality Engineer Senior - Goleta, CA

You will be the Senior Quality Engineer for the Missiles & Fire Control (MFC) Santa Barbara Focalplane team. Our team is responsible for ensuring the quality of products from suppliers across the United States, implementing qualitycontrol processes, and driving supplier performance excellence.

What You Will Be Doing

As the Senior Quality Engineer you will be responsible for developing and executing the programs quality plan, serving as the primary point of contact for quality issues, and guiding crossfunctional teams toward continuous improvement.

Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Developing, implementing, and maintaining the program quality plan to meet contractual and customer requirements.
• Analyzing quality data, leading rootcause investigations, and driving correctiveaction initiatives.
• Conducting audits, inspections, and surveillance activities and ensuring resources are allocated effectively.
• Communicating quality status, metrics, and progress updates to the Integrated Program Team and senior leadership.
• Collaborating with supplier quality, process engineering, manufacturing, and systems teams to resolve issues and improve processes.

Why Join Us

The ideal candidate is a collaborative, detailoriented engineer who thrives in a fastpaced, missioncritical environment. This role provides direct impact on advanced defense systems, exposure to cuttingedge aerospace technology, and the opportunity to shape quality practices that support national security.

We are committed to supporting your worklife balance and overall wellbeing, offering flexible scheduling options. Learn more about Lockheed Martins comprehensive benefits package here .

Further Information About This Opportunity

This position is located in Goleta, CA. Discover more about Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

MUST BE A U.S. CITIZEN -This position is located at a facility that requiresspecial access. The selected candidate must be able to obtain a secret clearance.

STEM Bachelors Degree from an accredited college in a related discipline required or equivalent experience/combined education

Quality or Development or Manufacturing Engineering or Process Engineering experience

Project Management Skills

Root Cause and Corrective Action Facilitation Experience

Ability to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance (This requires US Citizenship) STEM Bachelors Degree from an accredited college highly preferred

Excellent verbal and written communication

Previous Program or Product Quality Experience

Project Management, Leadership, and Delegation Abilities

ISO9001/AS9100 experience

Risk Identification and Mitigation

Formal Causal Analysis Experience

Certified Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt/Blackbelt

Integrated Dewar Cooler Assembly (IDCA), Focalplane (FPA) Manufacturing or Quality experience

Experience with MDA Mission Assurance Provisions (MAP)

Space-Qualified Hardware

Data analysis, trend analysis (AI-facilitated)