Senior Quality Engineer

Ultra•Columbia City, IN

20d•Onsite

About The Position

Unleash the Power of Multi-Mission Excellence: Safeguarding the Seas for the World's Navies. Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Ultra Maritime pioneers delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilized on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe. As the maritime and underwater battlespace evolves, we tirelessly push the boundaries to develop advanced specialist systems that provide our 'five-eyes' Defense customers with an unbeatable warfighting edge. From surface vessels to sub-surface operations and unmanned platforms, we are revolutionizing the way naval missions are executed. We thrive on collaboration and partnering with our customers to ensure mission success. Our expert solutions encompass an array of game-changing technologies, including state-of-the-art sonar, radar, and expendables. Join us in shaping the future of naval warfare and together, we will safeguard the seas and empower navies worldwide! Senior Quality Engineer - Mission Assurance to our Facilities in Columbia City, IN. This position will be responsible for leading all aspects of Quality throughout the product development lifecycle. This includes ensuring adherence to AS9100, contractual and internal process requirements. Drive continual process and product improvement, ensuring product and process integrity, customer satisfaction and overall mission success while supporting quality, delivery and cost targets. Nationality Requirements Candidates must be eligible to obtain the relevant security clearance required for the role, due to the nature of the programmes we deliver for our customers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 6+ of prior Quality experience.
Knowledge of engineering and production processes used to design, develop and produce products.
Quality experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
Experience working with DCMA and government contracts.
Experience applying prevention utilizing formal tools such, DMAIC, FMEA, 8D, 5Y etc. and applying Lean techniques such as Standard Work and Value Stream Mapping.
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, direction and support to the various organizational teams to ensure deliverables are produced to meet quality standards set by government, regulatory, customer and Ultra Maritime corporate requirements.
Responsibility for resolving technical challenges, ensuring successful tactical execution, as well as creating and implementing the strategic vision for the Quality team.
Champion and support best practice and continuous improvement within the development teams.
Collect and analyze key quality measures such as cost of poor quality to develop zero defect plans, improve yields and reduce rework during engineering and manufacturing efforts.
Ensures product quality technology is an integral part of engineering design and manufacturing processes.
Drive advanced product quality planning throughout the product maturity cycle.
Promotes a strong culture of quality focused on every employee engaged and enhancing the customer experience through rigorous attention to detail and prevention of defects.
Works closely with the cross-functional program development teams to ensure that all phases of the development life cycle, from early customer involvement through post-delivery support, meet the requirements.
Ensures the maintenance of quality records that document the quality status of material/products and provide necessary information for internal and external reviews.
Leads robust root cause analysis, and implementation of corrective and preventative actions
Measures, monitor, and take action to ensure quality-focused key performance indicator targets are achieved or exceeded
Applies Ultra Maritime policies, procedures and standards that are relevant to the respective program and functional organizations
Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance.