Senior Quality Engineer

Leonardo DRS, Inc. • Menomonee Falls, WI

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About The Position

Join our Menomonee Falls, WI team as a Senior Program Quality Engineer. As a key member of our Quality organization, you will develop program and project quality system processes and support all product quality initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field and 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment (defense industry preferred)
• ASQ certification or Black Belt preferred
• Proficient with ISO Standards, Six Sigma tools, statistics
• Ability to understand military specifications and to read blueprints
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication and writing skills
• Ability to define problems and drive to root cause and effective corrective action
• U.S. Citizenship required

Responsibilities

• Lead the efforts to develop, maintain, and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities
• Indirectly manage a group of engineers, technicians and/or inspectors
• Perform analyses of program requirements and prepare responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to ensure optimum quality support
• Review and approve engineering/test and contractor documentation and provide input to assure that appropriate quality requirements are addressed
• Develop and implement formalized quality system processes, procedures and work instructions
• Lead the efforts to gather, organize, monitor, analyze and report on information on products and processes
• Provide ongoing quality system support to include performing internal audits, ensuring implementation of root cause corrective actions
• Lead product quality improvement teams, Material Review Boards and Failure Review Boards
• Evaluate and dispose of non-conforming material
• Provide technical support for Assembly/Test/Inspection personnel to include executing workmanship improvement plans, developing inspection methods and criteria, specifying appropriate sampling plans, interpreting and revising specifications, and processing non-conforming materials
• Act as main customer and senior management interface in resolving customer quality issues and driving root cause and corrective action on process and product quality issues
• Evaluate and make recommendations on critical supplier selections and drives supplier continuous improvement processes, including leading on-site audits, evaluating prototypes, and reviewing and approving of supplier corrective actions
• Lead and execute customer quality program requirements
• Responsible for financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections
• Prepare quality engineering reports and recommendations
• Monitor and mentor junior quality engineers
• Provide regular reporting of progress and status

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Company contribution to a health savings account
• Telemedicine
• Life and disability insurance
• Legal insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Wellness programs focusing on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
• Programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement
• Flexible work schedules with 9/80 program
• Competitive vacation
• Health/emergency leave
• Paid parental leave
• Community service hours

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 51-100 employees