Job Title: Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 41397

Job Location: Salt Lake City: On-site

Job Schedule: 9/80, Off Every other Friday, 1st Shift

Job Decription:

The Program Quality Engineer function is a program focused role that is responsible for ensuring product quality and contractual requirements are met. This includes ensuring/verifying the quality of product inputs such as hardware design, software development, and production plans. This position requires strong influential and collaborative skills.

This Quality Engineering position is responsible for supporting all Quality needs for several Program Management and Engineering teams in Salt Lake City, UT. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can work with minimal supervision in a cross-functional team to support program success.

Essential Functions:

Coordinate the program Quality Assurance (QA) activities as part of a cross functional integrated program team to ensure compliance to customer contractual and regulatory requirements, as well as conformance to AS9100 and AS9145 industry standard requirements
Own the Quality Work Package deliverables including Quality Assurance Planning for both new and existing products for the end-to-end product lifecycle as an active QA representative on Project and Program teams
Ensure timely completion of QA deliverables to ensure zero product quality escapes
Utilize data analytics to identify trends and convey meaningful information regarding Quality performance to internal and external customers
Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, reduce defects, and improve efficiency
Own the technical problem solving for issues that may arise on projects and programs throughout the end-to-end product lifecycle providing project and program teams with clear, consistent, and timely feedback as it relates to contractual and/or regulatory exposure providing innovative solutions to effectively resolve issues in a timely manner
Serve on the Program Quality Team as the Quality interface to customers for all Quality matters
Ensure all applicable elements, product technical and quality standards, and process quality standards are effectively incorporated into new designs and into design changes
Provide oversight for product acceptance criteria, disposition of nonconforming materials, and measurement system evaluations
Provide oversight for conformance to compliance requirements including FOD, ESD, and perishable material management

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant quality experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related quality experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related quality experience.
Experience with Failure Mode Effects Analysis (e.g. DFMEA, PFMEA) and application to Product Risk
Continuous improvement related analysis tools and techniques (e.g. design for sixsigma, root cause analysis, lean manufacturing techniques, Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)

Preferred Additional Skills:

Mil/Aero experience, and knowledge of AS9100 Quality
AS9145/AS9102 Submittals
Professional certifications (AS9100 Lead Auditor, ASQ CQE)

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