Specialist, Quality Engineer

Job Title: Specialist, Quality Engineer
Job Code: 16944
Job Location: Huntsville, AL or Toney, AL
Job Schedule: 9/80 work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked – and have every other Friday off

Job Description:

We are seeking a Specialist, Quality Engineerto work at either our existing state-of-the-art Advanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF) in Toney, AL or our new, AMF in Huntsville, AL, which will be our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware. The Specialist, Quality Engineer works under moderate supervision to set objectives for own job area. Communicates with contacts inside and outside own team to explain and interpret operational processes, practices, and procedures Identifies and addresses changes within own job area. Works to achieve operational targets with some impact on departmental results.

Essential Functions:

Utilizes engineering background and expertise to communicate between team members and customer counterparts to provide assurance that the hardware is compliant to specifications.
Handles and communicates deviations/nonconformance at different levels within the organization. Understands and communicates typical aerospace processes (machining, welding, non-destructive testing, etc.) and how they are applied to the hardware being manufactured.
Applies modern quality principles, concepts, and methods to routine aerospace and manufacturing operation, including Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma tools.
Interprets engineering drawings and specifications, customer quality requirements, and company quality requirements to ensure compliance with the customer's expectations.
Prepares comprehensive analyses, procedures, reports and presentations for customer review throughout the evaluation process. Reviews all supplier data and ensures that it is complete and accurate before the data is reviewed by the customer.
Interfaces with the Material Review Board (MRB) to provide technical justification when a nonconformance to mutually agreed specifications is determined.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related engineering experience.
Graduate Degree or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of prior engineering related experience.
In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:


Analytical Skills
Attention to Detail
Problem-Solving Skills
Technical Knowledge
Communication Skills
Regulatory & Auditing (AS9100)
Statistical Analysis
Risk Management
Project Management
Customer Focus
Teamwork
Continuous Learning
Ethical Judgment