Quality Systems Engineer, Battlespace Awareness

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own the BA quality management system and its top-level processes — keeping procedures, work instructions, and records current, compliant, and actually used.
• Serve as the primary QMS process owner supporting the designated management representative under AS9100D §5.3. Lead QMS planning: quality objectives, risk and opportunity management, and the Management Review cycle —…
• Own the internal audit program end to end: maintain the annual schedule covering every QMS process across the certification cycle, qualify and schedule auditors, protect auditor independence, and drive findings to…
• Own the supplier and external provider audit program under AS9100D §8.4. Build and maintain the risk-based supplier audit schedule, perform qualification and re-qualification surveys, conduct on-site and remote audits,…
• Work product as well as system: support first article inspection (AS9102), nonconforming material and MRB disposition, and investigation of field escapes — partnering with Product Quality Engineering so quality…
• Manage the registrar relationship and the full certification cycle — surveillance and recertification scheduling, scope changes, and nonconformity responses inside the registrar’s timelines.
• Own the quality KPIs for BA: define them, report them on a monthly cadence to site and division leadership, investigate adverse trends, and drive the improvement actions that move them.
• Run recurring 6S and FOD audits on the production floor — scoring, trending, and closing findings with Production and Ops.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 4-7 years of experience in aerospace and/or defense manufacturing
• Deep working knowledge of QMS requirements and auditing in a complex product environment — specifically AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015. Equivalent depth in AS9110C, AS9120B, IATF 16949, or ISO 13485 will be considered.
• Trained AS9100D internal auditor, or able to complete certification within 90 days of hire.
• Demonstrated ownership of a corrective action system — not just participation in individual investigations.
• Working knowledge of design, development, manufacturing, supply chain, deployment, contracts, and other organizations that are part of a company-wide audit
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Business Intelligence (BI) systems, and the ability to build quality reporting out of them
• Experience working with DCMA, DFARs, and other government and defense programs and requirements
• Experience with ESD, FOD, and counterfeit programs, and working knowledge of tools like GIDEP, FAR, ASSIST