Senior Quality Engineer (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to join our Cedar Rapids team and play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, reliability, and performance of mission-critical aerospace products. In this individual contributor role, you will serve as a trusted quality partner across engineering, manufacturing, and program teams—applying deep technical expertise to prevent defects, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle. Your work will have a direct and meaningful impact on product quality, customer confidence, and overall business performance. As a Senior Quality Engineer, you will lead quality planning and execution across both program and product domains, utilizing tools such as PPAP, PFMEA, MSA, and process control methodologies to proactively identify and mitigate risk. You’ll support new product introductions, work transfers, and process changes, while also driving root cause analysis, corrective actions, and escape management when issues arise. This role is ideal for a seasoned quality professional who thrives in a manufacturing environment, is comfortable navigating complex technical challenges, and can confidently partner with stakeholders at all levels—from factory floor teams to engineering leadership—to uphold the highest quality standards in aerospace manufacturing.
Requirements
- Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience
- Manufacturing process knowledge (assembly, inspection, test)
- Demonstrated ability to understand engineering drawings, work instructions, Bill of Materials (BOMs), consumable materials control, process disciplines and tool control
Nice To Haves
- Strong interpersonal skills with experience in negotiating, having difficult conversations, and ability to work well with factory management, hourly employees, and internal stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline is highly desired
- Prior experience in a quality-focused role is preferred
- Experience with ZDP, ACE, Lean, Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis methodologies
- Demonstrated ability to interpret technical specifications and requirements
- Experience with data mining and analysis
- Professional quality certifications such as ASQ or CQE are preferred
Responsibilities
- Conducts processes to modify, apply, and maintain quality evaluation, control systems and protocols.
- Provides explanations of testing and inspection plans, methods, and technologies to assure reliability and conformance of products and processes.
- Provides analysis and recommendations for corrective actions for nonconformities and/or design problems for internally produced products & processes.
- Utilizes PPAP core elements (e.g. PFMEA, MSA, Process Flow and Control Plans, etc.) to identify and develop recommendations for managing risk in product development.
- Conducts reviews to ensure all requirements are met for work transfer and process change management, including Resourcing Gate and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) acceptance.
- Reviews process control documentation to ensure compliance with requirements, objectives, and/or contracts.
- Working with product design and specification, devises testing plans, methods, and equipment to assure the reliability of the product.
- Collaborates internally to ensure quality standards are in effect.
- Develops proactive quality initiative strategies and drives their implementation.
- Performs Escape management procedures, root cause analysis, and recommends corrective action for design problems for internally produced products & processes.
- Responsible for both Program and Product Quality Engineering.
- Responsible for the development of new inspection technologies or methodologies to assure product conformance.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
- Eligible for relocation assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
