Experienced Quality System Specialist

Position Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains Quality directives, policies, processes, procedures and metrics to assure program, contract, customer, regulatory requirements, international standards and working agreements are deployed
• Reviews proposals, contracts, regulatory, program and customer requirements ensuring early quality involvement in program development
• Analyzes process data, metrics, models and flows to identify root cause of problems
• Participates with stakeholders to develop potential preventive or corrective actions and implementation
• Conducts research, compiles and analyzes performance reports and process control statistics, to continuously improve process capability
• Conducts quality source selection and process reviews of suppliers' ability to meet program quality requirements and support business decisions, and develops a coordinated response for management review and approval
• Conducts hardware, software and system level audits to determine compliance with quality management system standards, configuration assurance, related business, regulatory and customer requirements and reports results to management
• Analyses data to provide material review dispositions for nonconforming materials, parts and equipment

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience)

• This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R.120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee
• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 3+ year of experience working with and supporting Quality Management System (QMS)
• 3+ years of experience working with quality and/or manufacturing data systems
• Ability to travel 10-20% of the time

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience)

• Experience working with AS9100 and/or similar QMS standard and/or Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• Experience leading or managing projects that involved cross-functional or cross-business unit teams
• Experience leading root cause corrective actions (RCCA)
• Experience working within procedures for supporting the Government Industry Data Exchange Program (GIDEP)
• AS9100 Lead Auditor certified