Factory Quality Engineer

Nammo Defense Systems, Inc•Mesa, AZ

17h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Quality Engineer II, you will help ensure products meet safety, reliability, and compliance standards. You will work with engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to support inspections, resolve quality issues, and maintain compliance with industry regulations such as AS9100 and ITAR. The position is described as suitable for early-career engineers with 1–3 years of quality experience who are eager to develop their skills in a precision-driven, mission-critical environment. This full-time, on-site position may require travel as needed and work in diverse settings and conditions. The role involves collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders and requires making daily autonomous decisions. The schedule is four 10-hour days, Monday through Thursday, with Fridays off.

Requirements

Effective analytical and critical-thinking abilities, sound judgment, and effective decision-making skills.
Passion for problem solving and continuous improvement.
Ability to support containment, root cause analysis, and corrective actions in a cross-functional team environment.
Knowledge of Lean tools, including Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, Daily Visual Management, 5S, 5 Whys, Cause Maps, Fishbone, Fault Tree Analysis, Problem Solving Process, and Visual Project Management.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to support multiple tasks and projects while meeting challenging deadlines.
Ability to track and record results in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment.
Excellent attention to detail and follow-up.
Strong work ethic, self-motivation, and ability to work in a team atmosphere.
Knowledge of AS9100 or ISO 9000 quality management systems and corrective and preventive action.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Good organizational and project time-management skills.
Competence in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and familiarity with ERP/MRP systems.
Ability to gain BATF clearance.
The overview describes 1–3 years of quality experience as suitable for the position.

Nice To Haves

Experience in manufacturing is preferred.
Basic knowledge of GD&T, AS9102 first article inspections, and drawings.
Basic understanding of inspection tools.

Responsibilities

Support manufacturing quality activities and work with program quality engineering to ensure customer contractual requirements are flowed down and met.
Participate in development projects with manufacturing, planning, and other disciplines to ensure product quality.
Help investigate internal and external quality concerns, determine root causes with cross-functional teams, and implement permanent corrective actions.
Drive defect reports and corrective action reports to closure within defined metrics and support Material Review Board processing.
Work with the IP team to review and implement work instructions and procedures, identifying errors and potential failures.
Establish in-process quality controls, perform audits, report results, and drive continuous improvement.
Support foreign object debris prevention and safety programs and drive improvements with operations teams.
Help develop and implement Visual Quality Factory reports to support daily management.
Help establish built-in quality in manufacturing processes.
Read and interpret basic engineering drawings and specifications and use basic inspection tools.
Work with supplier quality engineering to resolve supplier quality defects affecting manufacturing first-time-right performance.
Work with manufacturing engineering to optimize manufacturing processes, including automation and in-process and final inspection methods, to reduce ergonomic safety risks for manufacturing and quality-control employees.
Support engineering during product development and product introduction for defense and military products.
Collect basic data on quality issues and use simple tools such as 5 Whys; understand KPIs and their impact on cost of poor quality.
Independently deliver quality results against defined metrics and proactively flag identified risks.
Support frequent process and product spot audits and coordinate rapid responses to findings with relevant teams and employees.
Ensure manufacturing activities comply with Quality Management System requirements.
Support change proposals in collaboration with manufacturing, customer, and project engineering.
Build a library of defects, containment actions, corrective actions, and lessons learned to support process improvement projects.
Prepare and communicate quality alerts when needed to increase employee awareness of internal or external quality concerns.
Follow standard practices and safety procedures and adhere to all safety policies and procedures.