Job Title: Specialist, Program Quality Engineer Job Code: 40323Job Location: Salt Lake City, UTJob Schedule: 9/80 (employee's work 9 out of every 14 days - totaling 80 hours worked - and have every other Friday off)Job Description:The Program Quality Engineer function is a program focused role that is responsible for ensuring product quality and contractual requirements are met. This includes ensuring/verifying the quality of product inputs such as hardware design, software development, and production plans. This position requires strong influential and collaborative skills.
This Quality Engineering position is responsible for supporting all Quality needs for several Program Management and Engineering teams in Salt Lake City, UT. The successful candidate will be a self-starter who can work with minimal supervision in a cross-functional team to support program success.
Essential Functions:- Coordinate the program Quality Assurance (QA) activities as part of a cross functional integrated program team to ensure compliance to customer contractual and regulatory requirements, as well as conformance to AS9100 and AS9145 industry standard requirements
- Own the Quality Work Package deliverables including Quality Assurance Planning for both new and existing products for the end-to-end product lifecycle as an active QA representative on Project and Program teams
- Ensure timely completion of QA deliverables to ensure zero product quality escapes
- Utilize data analytics to identify trends and convey meaningful information regarding Quality performance to internal and external customers
- Develop and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, reduce defects, and improve efficiency
- Own the technical problem solving for issues that may arise on projects and programs throughout the end-to-end product lifecycle providing project and program teams with clear, consistent, and timely feedback as it relates to contractual and/or regulatory exposure providing innovative solutions to effectively resolve issues in a timely manner
- Serve on the Program Quality Team as the Quality interface to customers for all Quality matters
- Ensure all applicable elements, product technical and quality standards, and process quality standards are effectively incorporated into new designs and into design changes
- Provide oversight for product acceptance criteria, disposition of nonconforming materials, and measurement system evaluations
- Provide oversight for conformance to compliance requirements including FOD, ESD, and perishable material management
Required Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
- Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
- In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
- Experience with Failure Mode Effects Analysis (e.g. DFMEA, PFMEA) and application to Product Risk
- Continuous improvement related analysis tools and techniques (e.g. design for six sigma, root cause analysis, lean manufacturing techniques, Failure Reporting Analysis and Corrective Action Systems (FRACAS)
- Mil/Aero experience, and knowledge of AS9100 Quality Standard
- AS9145/AS9102 Submittals
- Professional certifications (AS9100 Lead Auditor, ASQ CQE)
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