Sr Supervisor, Quality Control Inspection
About The Position
The Quality Control (QC) / Inspector Supervisor leads a team of inspectors, including employee staffing and training. The supervisor ensures inspectors use predetermined methods, assembly instructions, and specifications to inspect incoming, in-process, and completed products for conformance to engineering requirements and quality standards. The role collaborates with cross-functional teams to review data trends in hardware process and product performance and recommend strategic improvements. It also provides quality engineering support to ensure hardware products and test equipment comply with quality, contractual, and regulatory requirements. This position is onsite at RTX’s El Segundo, California facility. Relocation assistance is not provided. An active Secret clearance or higher is required after day one, and U.S. citizenship is required.
Requirements
- Typically requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Math, Science, Technology, or another STEM-related field, and five years of experience as a Quality, Manufacturing, or Engineering professional.
- Previous people-management experience, including work scheduling, prioritizing, hiring, coaching, and process execution.
- Experience with data analytics tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
- Experience with AS9100 or ISO 9001 quality management systems.
- Experience with technical procedures, specifications, standards, and other engineering and manufacturing documents.
- Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; an active and existing clearance is required after day one.
- Active Secret clearance or higher.
Nice To Haves
- Previous experience with or understanding of Solder IPC J-STD-001E, MIL specifications, and F-Standards.
- Experience with First Article Inspections (AS9102) and/or Advanced Product Quality Planning (AS9145).
- Effective interpersonal skills and ability to work well with team members, customers, and suppliers.
- Sound judgment and decision-making skills, with appropriate supervisory intervention.
- Ability to perform autonomous, self-guided process and product assessments, root-cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively.
- Familiarity with Six Sigma methodologies such as Kaizen, Lean, DMAIC, and DMADV, and resources such as ANOVA, SPC, Capability Analysis, DOE, and MSA.
- Experience with GD&T measurement resources and practices.
- Experience in aerospace-related manufacturing or with airborne-related products.
- Familiarity with project-management techniques.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
Responsibilities
- Manage inspection needs across various labs, including overtime needs, and develop staffing forecasts.
- Provide primary input to hiring, firing, promotion, and performance decisions for direct reports.
- Train, coach, set expectations for, and discipline employees.
- Plan and establish team goals and objectives.
- Lead continuous improvement efforts for inspection processes and escapes.
- Explain and enforce policies, procedures, and productivity standards to meet factory, program, and quality standards.
- Use critical-thinking resources and methods to improve material processing, minimize inspection, and resolve manufacturing defects or problems.
- Identify, segregate, disposition, correct, and close out nonconforming material in a timely manner.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Manufacturing Technicians, Production Control, and other cross-functional roles to identify trends and resolve nonconforming material.
- Complete specialized quality functions such as data preparation, analysis, and reporting.
- Perform product and process audits for compliance with standards and product requirements.
- Support Process Failure Modes & Effects Analysis on processes and products to prevent defects and mitigate risk.
- Lead and support root-cause and corrective-action activities.
- Support hardware drawing and design reviews.
- Manage dropped and damaged hardware processing and incident reporting.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee assistance program
- Employee Scholar Program
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be available, depending on position level and collective-bargaining coverage; payments are not guaranteed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
