Leonardo DRS

Senior Quality Engineer

Leonardo DRS$80K — $110K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience with 5+ years of experience
  • Proficient in Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and analytics
  • Experience with ISO/AS9100 Standards and Six Sigma
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive to root cause
  • Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, communication, and writing skills
  • Familiarity with military specifications and blueprint reading
  • Background in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or Supplier Quality Engineering

Responsibilities

  • Develop quality system processes for programs or projects
  • Lead development and deployment of quality plans to meet customer requirements
  • Manage a team of engineers and inspectors to achieve quality goals
  • Drive process and product improvement initiatives
  • Conduct analyses of program requirements and prepare quality plans
  • Review engineering and contractor documentation for quality requirements
  • Lead internal audits and enforce corrective actions for quality issues
  • Interface with customers and senior management on quality concerns
  • Lead product quality improvement and review boards
  • Evaluate supplier selections and lead on-site audits

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Company contribution to a health savings account
  • Telemedicine services provided
  • Life and disability insurance coverage
  • Legal insurance and 401(k) savings plan
  • Wellness programs focusing on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
  • Flexible work schedules with a 9/80 program
  • Competitive vacation and emergency leave policies
  • Paid parental leave and community service hours
Full Job Description
Job ID: 114905

The Leonardo DRS Land Systems business is a recognized leader in the design and integration of complex technologies into new and legacy systems and platforms for global military and commercial customers. We are a 6 year running Top Workplace in the Greater St. Louis area.

Job Summary

Job 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 inspectors
  • Responsible for leading groups of engineers on customer programs or projects to achieve quality goals and milestones
  • 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 Board
  • 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


Job Responsibilities Part II
• Attend appropriate customer, business, or program meetings
• Prepare quality engineering reports and recommendations
• Monitor and mentor junior quality engineers
• Provide regular reporting of progress and status
• Completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements

Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field or equivalent experience and a minimum of 5 years of experience
• Proficient technical expertise and application domain knowledge
• Proficient in deploying and using Statistical Process Control (SPC) tools and analytics to predict failure trends and report quality ROI metrics to executives.
• Proficient with ISO/AS9100 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
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Supplier Quality Engineering

Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours.
*Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only

#LSY

Our Vision. To be the leading mid-tier defense technology company in the U.S.

Our Values. The Leonardo DRS culture is defined by our Core Values and Principles:

- Integrity
- Agility
- Excellence
- Customer Focus
- Community & Respect
- Innovation

We strive to uphold them in all aspects of our business practices to inspire our employees and provide outstanding support for our customers.

About Leonardo DRS

Leonardo DRS is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. Focused on defense technology, we develop, manufacture and support a broad range of systems for mission critical and military sustainment requirements, as well as homeland security. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leonardo S.p.A. which employs more than 45,000 people worldwide. We offer a competitive compensation package and a business culture that rewards performance. For additional information on Leonardo DRS, please visit our website at www.leonardodrs.com.
Learn more about Leonardo DRS
Size
11,000 employees
Market Cap
$3.1 billion
Industry
Founded
1968
5 Year Trend
+55.7%
NASDAQ

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