Program Quality Engineer Principal - E6

Standard Job Description

The role: The principal will serve as the F-35 Quality Engineering technical lead, supporting the F-35 production system and reporting to the F-35 Program Quality Engineering Senior Manager.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead & coach: Provide technical leadership and coach junior and senior quality engineers to ensure continuity and advancement of quality science expertise.
• Set strategy: Assist in development and leading deployment of the F-35 Quality Engineering strategy.
• Drive cross-functional quality: Apply expertise across hardware, software, systems, suppliers/subcontractors, and customers.
• Manage risk & opportunity: Evaluate the F-35 quality control system, identify risks and opportunities, and partner with build-area quality engineering teams to address them.
• Improve processes: Lead process investigations, conduct technical evaluations, and design inspection and testing processes.
• Strengthen quality: Translate technical insights into actions that improve the overall F-35 quality control system.

Bottom line: Be the technical quality authority for the F-35 production system setting strategy, developing talent, managing risk, and driving measurable improvements in quality performance.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline (i.e. mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or industrial engineering)
• 12+ years of experience in engineering roles, including a minimum of 5 years in quality engineering
• F-35 program experience
• Expert understanding of engineering requirements, drawings, specifications and inspection methods
• Experience conducting root cause analysis of complex issues using quality sciences
• Experience leading teams in a management or team lead capacity

Desired Skills

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline (i.e. mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or industrial engineering)
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer
• Completion of Lockheed Martin's QE Academy
• Completion of a leadership development program (e.g. ELDP, OLDP, QTLD, etc.)