Quality Engineer

TSC•Huntsville, AL

About The Position

Falcata is recruiting a Quality Engineer in Huntsville, Alabama, to support its production operation. The role ensures compliance with contractual and internal requirements so production delivers the product performance customers expect. The selected candidate will contribute to the Quality team and may be assigned other quality duties. The engineer will create quality plans for production-ready products and products entering first production; evaluate manufacturing, inspection, and test documentation; work with production and inspection teams to resolve issues and identify improvement opportunities; and support audits, configuration audits, testing, failure analysis, corrective actions, and final hardware release. The role requires experience with development programs transitioning to production, quality management systems, standards, configuration control, and material traceability. The position requires U.S. citizenship and eligibility to obtain a DoD security clearance. Travel is not required, relocation assistance is not available, and the position is not contingent upon contract award. Falcata offers a stable work environment, competitive salary, and comprehensive benefits. Employment is contingent on successful completion of a background check, security investigation, and drug screening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Technology, Quality Assurance, or equivalent, or 5–7 years of applicable experience in quality assurance, engineering, or operations.
Experience with development programs and transition to production.
Familiarity with IPC, J-STD, MIL, and DoD standards.
Experience with configuration control.
Experience with material traceability processes and tools.
Strong attention to detail.
Strong analytical skills in root cause analysis and determining corrective and preventive actions.
Excellent organization and planning skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to accurately maintain records and documents according to policies and procedures.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and get along with others.
Ability to review, interpret, and ensure compliance with relevant contract quality notes.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Ability to summarize issues using collected data and present concise visual summaries.
U.S. citizenship.
Eligibility to obtain a DoD security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ISO 9001 or AS9100 Quality Management Systems.
Experience applying audit standards, procedures, and techniques.
5–7 years of experience with circuit card assemblies and integration.
5–7 years of experience with mechanical assemblies.
DoD or military hardware manufacturing experience.

Responsibilities

Create quality plans for production-ready products and products entering first production.
Provide expertise in preparing, evaluating, and assessing documentation for manufacturing, inspection, and test processes.
Work with production and inspection teams to solve issues, collect data, and present meaningful metrics highlighting improvement opportunities.
Create First Article Inspection documentation.
Support Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) and Functional Configuration Audits (FCA).
Witness DVT and qualification testing.
Review requirement-validation objective evidence.
Support Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action (FRACA) for failures discovered during testing.
Participate in the Material Review Board process as needed.
Develop new or improve existing internal operating procedures and work instructions.
Create Corrective Action Requests (CARs) and ensure corrective actions are resolved on time.
Conduct internal audits and manage and maintain the audit schedule.
Review final-hardware documentation for accuracy, completeness, and correct data.
Perform final release of finished hardware and notify the Quality Manager when it is cleared to ship.