Lead Quality Engineer

Pay Rate: $61 per hour - $68 per hour
Shift: 1st shift

Responsibilities:

• Drive product and process quality performance across assigned value streams, products, customers, or suppliers.
• Deploy Quality Management System (EQMS) requirements and Business System (EBS) tools.
• Utilize advanced quality methodologies to prevent defects, improve customer satisfaction, and reduce Cost of Non-Conformance (CONC).
• Provide technical guidance to Quality Engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Lead problem-solving, quality planning, risk mitigation, customer support, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with applicable customer, regulatory, and industry standards, including AS9100 and ISO 9001.
• Support audits, assessments, and corrective action activities.
• Deploy APQP methodologies and support PPAP submissions and approvals.
• Ensure adequate control plans, PFMEAs, inspection methods, validation activities, and launch readiness requirements are established and maintained.
• Support manufacturing process capability improvements through SPC, mistake-proofing, and variation reduction initiatives.
• Lead investigations of customer complaints, escapes, and returns.
• Drive containment, root cause analysis, corrective actions, and preventive actions.
• Facilitate structured problem-solving activities utilizing 8D, 5 Why, Fishbone Analysis, and Pareto Analysis.
• Partner with Supplier Quality and Supply Chain teams to improve supplier performance.
• Act as a subject matter expert for quality systems, tools, and customer requirements.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing, quality engineering, supplier quality, or related technical roles.
• Experience working within a regulated quality management system environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Aerospace manufacturing experience.
• AS9100 and/or ISO 9001 experience.
• APQP and PPAP deployment experience.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).
• Internal Auditor or Lead Auditor certification.
• Experience utilizing program management tools and advanced problem-solving methodologies.