Quality Hardware Engineer
About The Position
What's it like realizing your potential at an innovative company that takes on some of the world's most important challenges? Rewarding. As part of our Precision Strike Quality Organization, you'll join a diverse group of driven professionals who design the products and systems that support enhanced military capabilities, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure. With us, you'll be able to make an impact while you hone your skills and grow in your career. BAE Systems is looking for a Quality Hardware Engineer to join our team. They will contribute to Program performance, verification of product/process conformance, and customer satisfaction by applying their technical expertise to execute product assurance engineering activities throughout the project lifecycle. This position will be responsible to support hardware designs and digital hardware architectures for all products. This position may also include some development support of hardware engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 0-2 years of experience or 4-6 years of experience in lieu of a degree
- Knowledge of or experience in hardware development life cycle including requirements capture and verification, design and development, sub-level and system level integration and testing
- Knowledge of or experience participating in Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities
- Must be capable of obtaining a U.S. DoD Secret security clearance
- Strong communicator capable of working through complex issues with peers, management and multiple functions
- Proficient in MS Office Products including Word, Excel, Power Point
Nice To Haves
- BS in Electrical Engineering Preferred
- Engineering experience with CCA development from AABOM stage to factory transition is a plus.
- Experience or familiarity with AS9145 APQP.
- AS9100/ISO9001 certification & audit experience
- Experience with JIRA workflow management
- A working knowledge of Oracle a real plus
- Experience with FEA software package (ANSYS preferred)
- Familiar with both thermal and structural testing and analysis
- Experience with military aerospace testing standards
- Positive "we can" attitude with a passion for customer satisfaction
Responsibilities
- Contribute to Hardware Engineering project and AS9145 APQP bid estimates.
- Develop Product/Project Quality Assurance plans and ensure execution.
- Provide clear communication and flow down of program quality requirements to all affected disciplines (Engineering, Operations, and Program Management).
- Contribute to hardware engineering requirements capture and analysis in area of domain expertise.
- Participate in Material Review Board and Continuous Improvement Board.
- Support System Test monitoring, Test set-up conformity, and review of Test Reports and Qualification Test Reports and failure investigations reports.
- Review and approve Engineering documentation, design changes and development artifacts.
- Participate in design & development review processes covering planning, requirements, design, validation, and verification.
- Use metrics and measures effectively to analyze and report on program performance information.
- Uses trend analysis and other tools to identify early warning indicators of program issues and initiates preventative or corrective actions.
- Cross pollinating best practices and lessons learned between projects facilitating a culture of continuous improvement.
- Initiating, facilitating, managing, and validating the effectiveness of root cause analysis, corrective, and preventative actions.
- Facilitating Root Cause and Corrective Action (RCCA) activities through to closure.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision insurance
- health savings accounts
- a 401(k) savings plan
- disability coverage
- life and accident insurance
- an employee assistance program
- a legal plan
- discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave
- Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
- Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
