Quality Engineer - KC-46 (Associate or Mid-Level)

Boeing • Everett, WA

111d • $78,200 - $127,650 • Onsite

About The Position

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer KC-46 (Associate or Mid-Level) to join the Quality Assurance group located in Everett, WA. Join the KC‑46 Quality team and play a mission‑critical role ensuring the safety, reliability, and global readiness of the Air Force's next‑generation refueling tanker. Bring your engineering rigor and systems thinking to a high‑visibility defense program where your hands‑on technical expertise and cross‑functional leadership will directly impact aircrew safety, fleet performance, and on‑time delivery. Lead quality innovation—driving root‑cause fixes, supplier excellence, drawing reviews, APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning), process surveillances, and MECR (Manufacturing Engineering Change Request) approvals—to implement world‑class quality systems and continuous improvement across the KC‑46 lifecycle. If you thrive on rigor, stakeholder collaboration, and making measurable impact, your attention to detail and passion for aerospace quality will directly enable mission success for warfighters around the globe.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience working with quality systems (e.g. Boeing Quality Management System (BQMS), International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001), Aerospace Standard (AS9100)).

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of experience in defining, developing, implementing, or improving production processes.
• 3+ years of experience in data analysis and Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA).
• 3+ years of experience in quality inspection and/or auditing.
• 3+ years of experience with drawing, reading and interpreting Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).

Responsibilities

• Research contractual and Boeing Quality Management System requirements for applicability to specific proposals and program processes and documentation.
• Develop sections of quality metrics, design and production certification plans to ensure compliance with contractual, Company and regulatory requirements.
• Analyze capability assessments to support supplier selection activities.
• Participate in various reviews to ensure quality attributes are incorporated into product designs.
• Perform data analysis to ensure manufacturing and test readiness.
• Provide material review dispositions for non-conformances.
• Analyze non-conformance trends to evaluate effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Compile performance reports and other statistical data to ensure specified processes capability levels are achieved.
• Represent Quality function on team activities to integrate contractual and Boeing Quality Management System requirements into all aspects of proposals and program processes and documentation.
• Provide Quality interpretation of requirements.
• Conduct capability assessments and process validations to support supplier selection activities.
• Perform analysis, tests and process audits to ensure manufacturing and test readiness.
• Recommend corrective actions to address non-conformances.
• Perform benchmarking and other forms of analysis to ensure specified processes capability levels are achieved.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Health insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree