Sr Associate - Quality Engineering

Job Title: Sr Associate, Quality Engineer

Job Code: 46472

Job Location: Huntsville, AL

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days, 4 days a week

Job Description

This role is responsible for developing and implementing quality standards, inspection methods, and evaluation procedures to ensure products meet contractual and regulatory requirements. The position analyzes and investigates reported nonconformities, identifies root causes, and recommends corrective actions to support continuous improvement. The role leads Material Review Board activities and PFMEA efforts while partnering closely with manufacturing, engineering, suppliers, and customers to ensure all quality requirements are met. The position also manages supplier corrective actions and supports quality‑related cost account management.

Essential Functions

• Ensure program design and process documentation incorporate required quality standards and that products are inspectable.

• Independently review manufacturing planning to confirm proper implementation of design engineering requirements, material traceability, quality record maintenance, and designated inspection/verification points.

• Lead PFMEA activities to quantify and reduce risk.

• Participate in improvement initiatives to reduce risk using mistake‑proofing and quality engineering tools.

• Develop, implement, and monitor inspection methods to ensure products meet engineering requirements.

• Ensure compliance with all quality system requirements and conduct independent process audits per program and enterprise-level guidance.

• Execute First Article Inspections in accordance with AS9102.

• Support documentation reviews for hardware acceptance (HAR) activities.

• Lead Material Review Board activities, including segregation, control, disposition, and coordination of nonconforming hardware.

• Drive corrective and preventive actions, including root cause analysis and implementation of improvement measures.

• Provide practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems using quality engineering principles.

• Ability to obtain a US Secret Security Clearance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of related quality or manufacturing experience; OR a Graduate Degree with 0–2 years of experience; OR in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 6 years of related quality or manufacturing experience.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Advanced degree in a related field

• CQE and/or CSSBB

• APQP or Zero Defect Planning experience

• MDA experience

• Effective verbal and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal skills

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