Senior Engineer, Quality Management Systems

Honda Aircraft Company, LLC•Greensboro, NC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.” We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team. If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future! Job Purpose Develop the Honda Aircraft Quality Management System (QMS) including identification/resolution of business practice concerns, assuring compliance to AS9100, and assuring compliance to government requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent and strongly-related experience
8+ years of related experience
2 years of experience at a Honda company
Knowledge of Quality Management Systems (ISO9001/AS9100) or Regulatory Quality Systems
Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and assure adherence to the Honda Aircraft Quality Management Policy (QMP) through leadership of the Quality Standardization committee.
Identify and resolve issues to improve business practices involving QMS compliance by leading working groups with QMS representatives and subject matter experts.
Integrate requirements for improvements from internal sources such as AS9100 compliance audits, risk assessments, and regular PDCA, as well as external sources such as normal warranty issues, ADs, government audits and HM audits.
Strategically lead the development of solutions through guided expert recommendations to business unit QMS representatives while building horizontal consensus across the company.
Build consensus with all levels of management in the Honda Aircraft business units to determine how to change business operations to improve quality.
Be a resource to business units and divisions on concerns related to QMS strategy, procedures, audits, training, and other items as needed.
Apply the Global Honda Quality Standards (GHQS) to the aviation business.
Develop clear QMS supplements, standards and procedures.
Lead auditor for AS9100 internal audits and support external audits.
Negotiate with auditors on technical merits of C/M ideas.
Create analysis reports.
Lead and direct other departments to investigate/resolve non-conformities.
Review and confirm effective countermeasures for audit results.
Manage incorporation of QMS into electronic systems for document control and training records and procure resources as needed to ensure sustainability and continuous improvements.
Administer and maintain systems required to manage the QMS, audit plans, non-conformities, training, and records.
Plan and implement improvements with suppliers and Honda IT.
Collaborate with Chief Inspecting Engineer (CIE’s) to implement control plans and prepare for external audits.
Develop countermeasures to findings using Honda problem solving methods.