Quality Engineer

Located onsite in Hollister, CA, the Quality Engineer (QE) is responsible for performing thorough proposal reviews, sales order reviews, collaborating with purchasing and customers, and documenting lessons learned for each assigned sales order. The candidate is closely involved with planning new orders, works closely with customers, and initiates/participates with planning improvements.   

• This role is posted for the Weekend shift (Friday - Sunday) to support company operational growth.
• Responsible for assisting the Program Manager and Contact Administrators in reviewing RFP’s/RFQ’s quality requirements and ensuring requirements are clearly defined.
• Responsible for reviewing the contract (and subsequent changes) and completing the contract review summary form, including review of other compliance, SDRL, and other unique Flow downs prior to the sales order kickoff.  
• Develops, implements, and maintains Inspection Plans and Reports (IP&R’s) for all components as part of sales order kick-off preparation activities.
• Participates in the compliance matrix activities. 
• Develops First Article Inspection (FAI) plans and documentation and coordinates customer approval (as required). 
• Drives root cause analysis and corrective actions for customer related nonconformances.
• Facilitates internal, customer and 3^rd Party audits. 
• Communicates PO changes or customer updates to the contract.  
• Participate in Preliminary Design Review (PDR) and/or Critical Design Review (CDR) meetings.  
• Responsible for customer coordination to complete delivery of the order; including presentation of data packages and FAI’s, as required. 
• Verifies quality contractual requirements have been met and lessons learned from the customer order have been documented.
• Attends all sales order close out meetings.
• Generates control plans for product and collaborates with Manufacturing Engineering to incorporate the plans into build documentation.
• Leads and facilitates Material Review Board activities as part of an IPT team.
• Participates in Failure Review Board activities.
• Attends start of shift meetings in the areas in which the CQE supports; attend in-person daily management meetings and in-person required training sessions.
• Generates program quality metrics (FPY, Non-conformances, CARS, etc.)
• Prepares quality reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data and making recommendations.
• Supports Supplier Development Engineering when vendor hardware discrepancies are discovered.
• Performs other related duties as assigned. 

• This role requires U.S. citizenship in adherence to ITAR, DFARS, and federal compliance standards.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree, or 10 - 12 years’ experience directly related to work environment.
• US Citizenship required per ITAR Regulations 
• Candidate must be proficient in Word, Excel, and statistical software.
• Experience in ordnance and use of energetic materials, powders/propellants are a plus.
• Strong oral and written communication skill
• Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning and Production Part Approval Process is a plus.
• ASQ Certification is a plus.

Non-degreed applicants shall be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for possible acceptance based upon related work experience.