The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Quality Auditor

Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering discipline
  • 3-5 years experience in quality engineering or related engineering role
  • Certified trained auditor in ISO 9001:2015 or AS9100D, preferably AS9100D
  • Experience auditing at the ISO 9001 and/or AS9100 level, preferably AS9100
  • Familiarity with Lean Six Sigma principles

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical assistance and support to resolve issues
  • Assist in improving manufacturing and product efficiency
  • Ensure products meet quality and integrity requirements
  • Support product development or operations teams with analysis
  • Participate in cross-functional teams to determine root causes
  • Analyze data to identify trends and prevent defects
  • Generate audit reports on compliance and quality standards

Benefits

  • Work-life balance support programs
  • Workplace flexibility options
  • Access to health and finance workshops
  • Participation in employee clubs and social events
  • Discounts to local museums and cultural activities
Full Job Description
A Quality Auditor ensures that products meet the highest quality standards. Responsible for investigating and resolving issues. Reviews SOW (Statements of Work), RFP (Request for Proposals), design plans, process procedures, test procedures, and manuals, to understand the scope, requirements, and function of products. Job Description: Duties/Responsibilities • Provide technical assistance and support to customers, suppliers, and employees in resolving issues. • Assist in the improvement of manufacturing, process, and product efficiency to reduce nonconforming products. • Ensures products meet the organizations and customers quality and product integrity requirements. • Supports product development or operations team by providing analysis and expertise throughout the inspection process. • Participates in a cross function team in the determination of root cause of failures. Identifies when failure analysis is necessary, along with providing recommendations of the corrective measures. • Analyzes data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurrence and future defects. • Performs other duties as assigned. Skills/Abilities • Ability to work on cross functional teams • Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma principles • Familiarity with Quality Standards ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100. • Expert knowledge and skills in process integration. • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. • Excellent time management skills with the proven ability to meet deadlines. • Ability to prioritize tasks. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Good interpersonal skills to communicate clearly. • Excellent written and oral communication skills. Education Requires a bachelor of Science degree an Engineering discipline. Experience Requires 3-5 years experience in quality engineering or other engineering role. Additional Job Description: • Develops and evaluates quality processes and system standards to ensure compliance with company standards and government regulatory requirements • This position will support audit activities across Draper’s facilities. The position will require up to 20% travel within the United States • Evaluates quality process and system standards to ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory and industry requirements • Generate audit reports on internal and external audits, system, product and process conformity, pre-audits, and special audits • Investigates problems and develops disposition and corrective actions for recurring quality system process discrepancies • Interface as needed with programs, engineering, customer, and supply chain representatives to ensure quality system process requirements are met • Recommends corrective actions, dispositions, and modifications • Analyzing audit data and generating corporate metrics, identifies areas of risk and mitigating solutions, develops and delivers audit planning and results consistently and accurately to all levels of the organization • Facilitates DCMA and 3rd Party Registrar audits, develops, distributes, monitors, and validates internal and external issued corrective action requests (CARs) • Prefer experience working in the microelectronics or defense industry • Certified trained auditor in ISO 9001:2015 or AS9100D, preferably AS9100D • Minimum 3 years’ experience auditing at the ISO 9001 and / or AS9100 level, preferably AS9100 Security Requirement: Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.  Job Location - City: Cambridge Job Location - State: Massachusetts Job Location - Postal Code: The US base salary range for this full-time position is $75,000.00 - $156,000.00 Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Union ranges will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement's approved rates by location and role. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and does not include bonuses or benefits. Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

About The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Draper Laboratory is an American non-profit research and development organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts; its official name is The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. The laboratory specializes in the design, development, and deployment of advanced technology solutions to problems in national security, space exploration, health care and energy. The laboratory was founded in 1932 by Charles Stark Draper at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop aeronautical instrumentation, and came to be called the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory. During this period the laboratory is best known for developing the Apollo Guidance Computer, the first silicon integrated circuit based computer. It was renamed for its founder in 1970, and separated from MIT in 1973 to become an independent, non-profit organization. The expertise of the laboratory staff includes the areas of guidance, navigation, and control technologies and systems; fault-tolerant computing; advanced algorithms and software systems; modeling and simulation; and microelectromechanical systems and multichip module technology.
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