Program Quality Engineer Sr

Lockheed Martin•Liverpool, NY

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Lockheed Martin has a Quality Program Manager (QPM) role available within the Radar, Electronic Warfare & Acoustic Systems (REAS) Market Segment based in Syracuse, NY. The right candidate will be responsible to ensure Customer requirements are satisfied for all delivered products, documentation and services for assigned program(s). A level 3 employee is typically mid-career and has 3+ years of professional experience. The role of the QPM is to develop and implement the program’s Quality plan and lead the Quality team ensuring compliance to industry standards, contractual requirements and customer expectations. The QPM serves as the Quality Point of Contact (PoC) for the Program & leads the Quality Program Team – all aspects including Hardware Quality Engineering, Supplier Quality, and Production Operations Quality – through all areas of the program / product lifecycle. QPM ensures communication and flow down of requirements to internal teams and external supply base. QPM may supplement Quality team surveillance as required. The QPM is responsible to develop and manage the Quality financial scope. QPM analyzes quality performance data (manufacturing data, engineering design metrics), identifies recurring issues, drives root cause analysis and corrective actions, and raises quality performance issues to senior leadership, as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or equivalent experience/combined education.
Experience with quality procedures, First Article Inspections, flow down of Quality requirements
Team or project Leadership skills and/or experience
Root Cause and Corrective Action experience
Candidate must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Security Clearance. This requires US citizenship.
Candidate must be able and willing to work onsite

Nice To Haves

Strong Customer Relationship Management ability.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Previous Program or Product Quality Experience or Program Management Experience
Project Management, Leadership and Delegation Abilities.
Familiarity with contract requirements and government flow downs
Auditing experience
Risk Identification and Mitigation
Cost Account Manager (CAM)
Operations Leadership Development Program (OLDP)
Understanding of Hardware Quality processes.
Understanding of Supplier Quality processes.

Responsibilities

Ensures Product Quality Assurance, Inspection and Auditor resources are in place to support surveillance activity and upcoming deliverables
Flows Program and Quality related information to Quality Program Team (QPT)
Provides/Presents Quality activity progress update and accomplishments in support of Program’s business rhythm.
Reviews Quality data for trends (favorable or unfavorable) identifying need for action and delegating/performing root cause analyses as required
Ensures documentation of program non-compliances and assignment of ownership to appropriate functions/individuals
Drives non-compliance resolution with QPT members and other functions & ensures closure of all actions
Maintains a DCMA/Customer quality relationship.
Establishes and maintains effective Quality Program Team business rhythm.
Performs contract reviews and flows down contract quality requirements to quality team, including suppliers.
Collaborates with Engineering & Technology, Production Operations regarding process questions or changes.
Directly partners with Contracts, MPM, Program Manager daily to support the team