Quality Engineer Associate

Quality Engineer Associate | Lockheed Martin

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Key Duties & Responsibilities As a Production Quality Engineer Associate, you will support the our Missile Assembly Building daily quality needs. This position will apply quality principles in the areas of: design, incoming material, production control, product evaluation, program performance, reliability, inventory control, and/or research and development as they apply to product or process quality for make and/or buy products. Perform technical evaluations including product requirements, specifications, models/designs, drawings and procedures.

Collaborate with program management, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and customers on quality related issues to ensure quality standards are in place. Engage in product failure investigations, material review board decisions and corrective/preventive action. Ensure corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards and/or are compliant with requirements. Develop strategies and systems designed to improve internal and/or supplier performance and productivity. Evaluate quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.

Design and analyze inspection and testing processes, mechanisms and equipment; conduct product quality tests, perform statistical analysis to assess products or materials that do not meet required standards and specifications. Engage in supplier selection process and maintain certification programs.

Desired skills
• Root Cause Analysis experience Data collection
• Experience driving robust Corrective Actions
• Experience working independently with customers and suppliers
• Experience creating and modifying Receiving Inspection Plans
• Team lead or formal leadership experience
• Understands lean manufacturing and quality optimization in a production environment
• Experience with SAP, P2P, VECAMS, and data analytics to report trends and achieve results
• Excellent communication skills to engage the team, customers and senior leaders
• Resourceful self-starter possessing a "learning orientation

By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in this position and could be considered for other career opportunities where similar skills and requirements have been identified as a match. Should this match be identified you may be contacted for this and future openings.

Employee will work on-site full-time

Lockheed Martin supports a variety of alternate work schedules that provide additional flexibility to our employees. Schedules range from standard 40 hours over a five day work week while others may be condensed. These condensed schedules provide employees with additional time away from the office and are in addition to our Paid Time off benefits.

4x10 hour day, 3 days off per week

This position requires a government security clearance, you must be a US Citizen for consideration.

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At Lockheed Martin, we use our passion for purposeful innovation to help keep people safe and solve the world's most complex challenges. Our people are some of the greatest minds in the industry and truly make Lockheed Martin a great place to work. With our employees as our priority, we provide diverse career opportunities designed to propel, develop, and boost agility.

Our flexible schedules, competitive pay, and…