Quality Engineer Sr Staff - E5

Standard Job Description

The Quality Engineering Sr. Stf. provides technical leadership and direction to improve product and process quality, reliability, and performance. Serving as a technical authority and subject matter expert, this role guides the application of quality engineering principles to engineering design, manufacturing, production support, and process improvement.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise, strong problem-solving skills, and a track record of mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional decisions. The Technical Lead drives complex investigations, establishes consistent quality engineering practices, and partners with Production Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality Management, and other stakeholders to deliver measurable, sustainable quality improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical execution: Establish consistent approaches to quality engineering, problem-solving, analysis, investigations, and process improvement.
• Apply engineering expertise: Evaluate designs, drawings, specifications, requirements, processes, and production data to assess compliance, identify risks, and recommend actions.
• Resolve complex quality issues: Lead root cause investigations, develop corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and verify solution effectiveness.
• Drive data-based decisions: Apply and guide the use of statistical analysis, statistical process control (SPC), design of experiments (DOE), reliability methods, and other quality tools to identify variation, trends, and improvement opportunities.
• Strengthen quality controls: Evaluate and improve inspection, testing, process control, and quality assurance methods to prevent defects and ensure consistent product quality.
• Develop technical talent: Mentor engineers through coaching, knowledge sharing, peer reviews, and guidance on quality engineering methods and best practices.
• Collaborate across functions: Lead cross-functional technical problem-solving and quality improvement initiatives with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Program Management, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders.
• Advance continuous improvement: Improve quality engineering processes, methodologies, and team effectiveness.
• Balance priorities and execution: Guide technical approaches across multiple complex efforts while remaining hands-on with critical quality engineering activities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in F-35 or other major defense program.
• Extensive experience applying quality engineering principles to complex engineering, manufacturing, or product quality challenges.
• Strong knowledge of engineering requirements, drawings, specifications, inspection methods, and product and process compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and influence decisions across functional teams without formal management authority.
• Experience working with Quality, Engineering, Program Management, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, government representatives, and other stakeholders.

Desired Skills

• Experience as a technical lead, subject matter expert, or senior technical resource in Quality Engineering or a related discipline.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis, SPC, DOE, reliability methodologies, and other quantitative quality engineering tools.
• Ability to independently lead multiple large, complex technical projects while balancing team support and operational priorities.
• Post-secondary education in a related discipline.