Senior QA Manager directing quality assurance and project life cycle delivery for global engineering company. Leading teams in ensuring compliance with project deliverables and standards.
About the role
- Senior Quality Engineer responsible for developing quality plans and overseeing product quality improvements for naval gas and hybrid power systems. Leading and mentoring engineering teams while ensuring optimal quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for developing program or project quality system processes and supporting product quality improvements
- Lead the efforts to develop, maintain and deploy quality plans and activities that translate customer requirements into planned activities
- Ability to lead a group of engineers, technicians and/or inspectors
- Responsible for driving process and product improvement initiatives across multiple functional disciplines
- Perform analyses of program requirements and prepare responsive quality plans, procedures, schedules and resource allocations to assure 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
- Develop and deploy SPC initiatives internally and at suppliers
- 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
- Monitor development activities to assure contract compliance, as required
- Develop new procedural controls to address all aspects of quality programs
- Develop and generate statistical reports on inspection activities and results, new product or process testing results, etc. and recommends action as required
- Establish programs to evaluate the precision and accuracy of production and processing equipment and testing, measurement, and analytical facilities
- Responsible for financial impacts of quality process controls and inspections
- Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Monitor and mentor junior quality engineers
- Provide regular reporting of progress and status
- Completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience
- minimum of 5 years of experience
- Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- 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
Benefits
- annual performance-based bonuses
- equity awards
- overtime pay (for non-exempt employees as applicable)
- comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
- paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including any state-mandated paid sick leave)
- parental leave benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development support
- life and disability insurance coverage
- wellness programs focusing on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- flexible work schedules with a 9/80 program
- competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, and community service hours
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