Program Quality Engineer Sr

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The candidate will work with the Program Quality Team supporting Development Quality for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Program as a Senior Program Quality Engineer. This meaningful role will help develop and lead execution of various Quality projects and support efforts for the THAAD Program. Under minimal direction, the ideal candidate will utilize Quality Engineering methods to evaluate and initiate actions to identify and control sources of variation detrimental to quality, cost, and schedule targets. Emphasis will be placed on validation of key process capability.

Scope of responsibility also includes: lead root cause, corrective and preventive action investigations/ decisions/ validations, actions, integration tasks, along with area improvement strategy and planning. The candidate will assist various management, staff, vendors/ suppliers, customers, and partners with initiatives to optimize processes and methods to ensure compliance to customer contractual requirements and continuous improvement initiatives in the areas of cost, efficiency, Quality Assurance, and customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities will include but are not be limited to:
Lead lab floor activities review manufacturing work instructions, perform hardware inspections, witness test activity, generate non conformance documentation, and conduct regular floor walks
Develop & cascade program quality requirements flow down to supply chain, mapping to requirements and contractual milestones
Manage quality data and associated key business metrics
Run business processes to measure and improve quality performance and update/ improve departmental procedures as the need arises
Responsible and accountable for delivering effective methods and initiating improvements that will drive and improve overall quality performance
Conduct/ coordinate process and product evaluations and assessments
Conduct Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations
Review and approve First Article Inspection (FAI) reports
Collaborate with leaders from various functions to assure compliance and continuous improvement
Support Quality contributions of Proposals and Control Account Management efforts
Provide local Customer interface
Mentor and guide less senior personnel
Travel may be required Bachelors or masters degree in a technical or any related discipline with 3+ years of experience
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills needed for collaboration, communication, and presentations.
Results focused with effective scheduling and/ or organizational skills
Ability to adapt to changing environments while meeting customer requirements
Problem solving skills at a highly refined level
US citizenship required with ability to obtain an interim secret clearance Experience with Quality processes and procedures
Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Experience interacting with internal and external customers
Experience in developing and reporting quality metrics
SAP/ERP and SharePoint experience
Familiarity with Material Review Boards (MRB) and Failure Review Boards (FRB)
Experience with Aerospace hardware Green Belt Trained/Certified Familiarity with Lean/Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement
Data records management experience
Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functional and program organizations-Experience working with different program life cycles
Experience working with manufacturing work instructions and suppliers
Experience working with AS9100/ ISO 9000 standards
Counterfeit material prevention
Experience with design improvements, design for manufacturability, corrective action boards-Quality Requirements Flow-down
Analytical problem solving & root cause determination
Risk based decision making & mitigation planning
Leadership, mentorship & collaborative teamwork
Currently active Secret clearance