Quality Engineer CTSE

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with customer, contractual, and internal product, process, and quality requirements.
• Develop, track, trend, and report quality objectives and key performance metrics across all project phases (Design & Development, Manufacturing, Post Market).
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives and support adoption of best practices throughout the organization.
• Identify quality related training needs and deliver training to engineering, production, and support teams.
• Establish clear processes to elevate quality concerns and critical issues to Management.
• Develop and document QC policies, processes, and work instructions for preproduction, in production, and final inspections, including required data collection and test documentation.
• Maintain documented quality processes and associated artifacts demonstrating QC adherence for assigned programs.
• Maintain procedures for identification, segregation, and disposition of nonconforming material, ensuring full compliance with contract and customer requirements.
• Perform ISO9001 internal lead audit activities, including planning, execution, reporting, and corrective action closure.
• Track, trend, and maintain post market quality processes (e.g., Field Incident Reports) in accordance with contract requirements.
• Serve as the primary POC for ensuring program compliance with contract quality and conformance requirements.
• Work with subcontractors and suppliers to document their quality processes and ensure deliverables meet government and contract expectations.
• Initiate, document, and manage Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) through closure, ensuring thorough root cause analysis and evidence collection.
• Open, investigate, and manage Supplier CAPA through verification and closure.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for supplier quality and quality assurance activities.
• Support strong cross functional relationships with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and Program Management.
• Establish and maintain serial number tracking processes for all builds; develop final inventory and configuration checklists for DCMA inspection.
• Prepare for, coordinate, and support DCMA inspections of finished products.
• Maintain and oversee the company’s Equipment Calibration Program.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quality Engineering, Engineering, or related technical field preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Quality Engineering or Quality Control engineering roles.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or similarly regulated environments preferred; construction experience is a plus.
• AS9100D Internal Auditor Certification required.
• Experience developing audit programs that meet contract requirements across design, manufacturing, and post market phases.
• Experience developing and implementing Manufacturing QA processes and control plans that support tracking of FPY, rework, scrap, and other key metrics.
• Experience analyzing post market quality data and initiating quality improvements based on field trends.
• 3+ years of hand-on experience in supplier quality, supplier management, or supply chain quality processes.
• Hands on approach with the ability to perform basic assembly or disassembly during quality investigations.
• Strong background in root cause analysis, corrective/preventive action, and verification of effectiveness.
• Familiarity with government contracting, FAR requirements, and DoD quality system expectations is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing quality control processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Access, Visio, PowerPoint, Project).
• Experience reviewing, interpreting, and assessing quality related contractual requirements.
• High attention to detail, strong documentation skills, and ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks.
• Ability to read and interpret complex drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering documents.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.